Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Merit Medal in Bronze to Spanish Recipient visually-hidden Brigadier General Forrest was lost

Brigadier General Forrest was lost in action during a bombing attack on the submarine yards of Kiel

1st Depot Battalion Cap Badge

5 mm x 67 mm

as documented in the detailed and extensive research papers accompanying this group

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Merit Medal in Bronze to Spanish Recipient visually-hidden Brigadier General Forrest was lost(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille in Bronze). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1945 issue). Constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a classic Spanish style bronze buckle indicating issue to a foreign recipient, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, the reverse bearing a raised