Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, Grand Cross with Swords, Privately-Purchased Example by Gebrüder Godet certificate_of_authenticity part of the 20th Panzer

part of the 20th Panzer Division

34 mm (h - inclusive of crown)

with light patina on the frame from age

1940” on the reverse

69 mm (w) x 64

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, Grand Cross with Swords, Privately-Purchased Example by Gebrüder Godet certificate_of_authenticity part of the 20th Panzer(Deutsches Adlerorden, Grokreuz mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined together 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 arm with a pair of crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan