A 5Th Class German Eagle Order With Swords By Godet & Co. Of Berlin GTRexclude however rank has been shaved

however rank has been shaved on QSA and re-engraved with "LIEUT:" & original service number "371" still in place

This represented a certain opening up of the otherwise extremely exclusive Court society

Footnote: In the rank of Temporary Captain in the Labour Corps

in gilt and red enamels

In zinc alloy (gilding on wreath completely gone)

A 5Th Class German Eagle Order With Swords By Godet & Co. Of Berlin GTRexclude however rank has been shavedA fine quality manufacture German Eagle Order with Swords (Deutscher Adlerorden V. Klasse mit Schwertern) by a well known maker; multi piece construction; maltesian cross in gilded silver and well preserved white enamels; with four national eagles (Hoheitszeichen) between the arms of the cross; on loop for suspension; unmarked, but with typical characteristics of Godet & Sohn Manufacture; on a period original ribbon with a horizontal pinback sewn onto