Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, Spanish Version c. 1944 GTRexclude he was discharged on June

he was discharged on June 6th

" and that it was an "old condition aggravated by service"

with sworn on ribbon

The Cross was discontinued in 1940 when Latvia fell under the control of the Soviet Union

STUTTGART” above a partially-obscured logo

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, Spanish Version c. 1944 GTRexclude he was discharged on June(Deutscher Adlerorden, Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, overlaid across the three and nine oclock arms with crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm topped by an oak leaf