Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold landed west of the Vierville

landed west of the Vierville draw and suffered fifty percent casualties during the landing

unmarked with black black

and is overlaid on the exterior by a black doeskin wool cap band

These include some material fatigue of the wool and leather elements

Originally attached to this document was an application for the Anschluss Medal

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold landed west of the Vierville(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille in Silber in Frakturschrift). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross, with its arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL) in Fraktur script,