Silesian Eagle 2nd Class

Silesian Eagle 2nd Class

The Silesian Eagle was a medal awarded for fighting the Silesian Uprisings as part of the Freikorps Oberland under the Weimar Republic.It was instituted on the 19 of June 1919 by VI. Armee-Korps Generalleutnant Friedrich von Friedeburg. Silesian Eagle 2nd Class was awarded for 3 months of service.It was one of the few Freikorps awards that were allowed to be worn on uniforms during the Third Reich after the 1935 ban on unofficial medals.