the exterior bearing an inscription of “MEDAILLE ‘WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42’ (OSTMEDAILLE)” and a maker’s mark of “WERNER REDO
East Riding Ayrshire Yeomanry Army “Flying-Fox” cap badge
on a wafer thin white paper stock
minor chipping evident in the white enamels on the reverse of the arm at 2 o'clock
the swastika has been cut off
Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, Grand Cross with Swords, Privately-Purchased Example by Gebrüder Godet Hold the exterior bearing an inscription(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