Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Ii/Iii Class Cross, By Godet Hold the other photograph with an

the other photograph with an illegible reverse inscription

Schrader enlisted as a Corporal (Oberjäger) in the 3rd Company of the Hanoverian 10th Jäger Battalion

Mérite militaire

with gilded crossed swords piercing the central adornment

with some enamel restoration

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Ii/Iii Class Cross, By Godet Hold the other photograph with an(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz II. III. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 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 backgrounds, the twelve oclock topped by a ribbed fan suspension with an integral loop connecting to a ring with a period