Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Breast Eagle, First Pattern Archive with a navy blue cotton

with a navy blue cotton tie fed through the holes to secure the cap in place

set on a 60 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback and dark grey wool backer

spot on the left gilt wing

Upon his return from leave

Under his supervision

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Breast Eagle, First Pattern Archive with a navy blue cotton(Luftwaffe Brustadler fr Offiziere). Constructed of a dark grey wool and canvas backer, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire droop tail Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 95 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), with extensive material fatigue evident to both the backer and wire, in overall poor condition.