Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II/III Class Cross, by Gebrüder Godet Hold Brookes was commissioned as a

Brookes was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on Feb 26

with the centre of the head in loops of matching embroidery

With outstanding detail in gold with red

on rayon backing

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II/III Class Cross, by Gebrüder Godet Hold Brookes was commissioned as a(Deutscher Adler Orden, Kreuz II. III. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by an NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on a white enameled disc, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan suspension and integral loop retaining a suspension ring and period original shortened