Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China and was eligible for further

and was eligible for further promotion

stiff vulcan fibre visor upper in black with a black patent leather strap with two length adjusters running across the front between the brown fabric-covered button posts on both sides

Hawkins was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant while taking part in the Guadalcanal campaign in the Battle for the Solomons

It comes with a silver bullion and hot pink threaded portepee

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China and was eligible for further(Orden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz I. Stufe mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet and loop retaining a period original length of neck ribbon, the six oclock arm