Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Breast Eagle, Flat Wire Version Archive Inserted into the upper edge

Inserted into the upper edge of the left-side lion head is a silvered and blue painted Reserve cockade

marked BANKS BIDDLE BAILEY PHILA

Chapter Two: Fighter Operations During the War

The interior of the sweat band depicts some writing in blue ink - it is largely undecipherable

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Breast Eagle, Flat Wire Version Archive Inserted into the upper edge(Heer Brustadler fr Offiziere). Constructed of a dark green wool base, the obverse overlaid by a layer of dark green rayon, in turn bearing a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 105 mm (w) x 40 mm (h), demonstrating some mothing to the wool underlay, in uniform removed and better than very fine condition.