Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, I Class Cross With Case, By Gebrüder Godet & Co. Auction obverse consisting of shield-shape decoration

obverse consisting of shield-shape decoration featuring an engraved portrait of Herrasti with the inscription HERRASTI 1810 on the obverse

1942 he suffered a shrapnel wound to the right foot

He is listed on page 122 of the "Canada General Service Medal Roll

each constructed of red wool with buckram cores

the reverse with a silvered oak leaves on the upper and lower arms

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, I Class Cross With Case, By Gebrüder Godet & Co. Auction obverse consisting of shield-shape decoration(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, I. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, with each quadrant joined together by a gilt NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on a white enameled background, the twelve oclock arm with a ribbed fan transitioning to an integral loop, in turn bearing a ribbed suspension ring