Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, II Class Breast Cross, by Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive Air Raid Warden Armband (in

Air Raid Warden Armband (in white cotton

dated on reverse 1923-1933

the face with eleven numerals 1 through 5 and 7 through 12 in white fluorescent paint

each of the arms finished with a ball finial

on a loop for suspension - marked with a Hannau assay mark

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, II Class Breast Cross, by Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive Air Raid Warden Armband (in(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz II. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on a white enameled disc, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, stamped with a marked of