Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal With Swords, By The Prussian Mint Newly Listed Pair of Sergeant's Stripes (three

Pair of Sergeant's Stripes (three navy blue and white embroidered stripes on a blackish-blue wool base

as Commodore Commanding the Atlantic Fleet Destroyers in November 1927

with a handwritten signature of Admiral Otto Schniewind

B - Letter to Mrs

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal With Swords, By The Prussian Mint Newly Listed Pair of Sergeant's Stripes (three(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern in Silber). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from a 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 twelve oclock position riveted with a crossed sword clasp, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE