Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Archive Thomsen says that he was

Thomsen says that he was informed by Undersecretary Adolf Baeumker (1891–1976) that the former members of the staff of aviation of WWI are supposed to become consultants for the Lilienthal Company

He was succeeded as Sultan by his second son

the top edge has been drilled with a threaded rivet with the outline of the fixture visible against the eagle’s head

The cap measures 280 mm x 110 mm

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Archive Thomsen says that he was(Deutscher Adlerorden Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse und Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by a gilded NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on a white enameled disc, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan suspension with an eyelet and ring retaining a period original full length