Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold In stamped metal/brass

In stamped metal/brass

17 mm (w) x 43

unmarked with black black

1123 BIS 1170” (“ALBERT THE BEAR

Knobloch served in the Schalburg Corps during the war and settled in Canada following a brief period in Argentina during the early 1950's

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold In stamped metal/brass(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille in Silber in Frakturschrift). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross, with its arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL) in Fraktur script,