Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, IV Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic good quality early clasp

good quality early clasp

he was recalled for service with the Royal New Zealand Navy as a Chief Petty Officer on February 4

and was part of a collector’s autograph book

demonstrating pinback repair

on March 29

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, IV Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic good quality early clasp(Deutscher Adlerorden Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arms with a crossed sword clasp, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan