Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II Class Breast Star, by Gebrüder Godet Auction silvered bronze and black enamels

silvered bronze and black enamels

Matching miniature award in bronze gilt

one in light blue

a visionary submarine commander and the vagaries of New England weather

Stahl was taken into custody by the US Army in 1945

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II Class Breast Star, by Gebrüder Godet Auction silvered bronze and black enamels(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Bruststern II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, the obverse consisting of a six pointed radiant star, bearing a central white enameled Maltese Cross, with its arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP stye German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the reverse with two blasted rivets securing the