Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Breast Eagle, First Pattern Newly Listed the four larger button holes

the four larger button holes discreetly hidden behind an integral flap

in the shell-shattered Somme section

type (1476062

7 mm (w) x 45 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Breast Eagle, First Pattern Newly Listed the four larger button holes(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.