Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II Class Breast Star with Swords, by Gebrüder Godet Auction inscribed “DOE WEL EN ZIE

inscribed “DOE WEL EN ZIE NIET OM” (Latin - Do justice and don’t sway from it)

in addition to age-appropriate discolouration

a Maltese cross with white enamelled arms with ball finials and crowns in each quadrant

he sat on the board of directors of several shipping companies in Hamburg

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II Class Breast Star with Swords, by Gebrüder Godet Auction inscribed “DOE WEL EN ZIE(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Bruststern II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of silver with enamels, the obverse consisting of a six pointed radiant star, bearing a central white enameled Maltese Cross, with its arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP stye German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, overlaid across the three and nine oclock arms by a