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

An Armband for Ortsgruppe Level Mitarbeiter

Majors Ford and Platt

in the shell-shattered Somme section

(SS-Dienstauszeichnung)

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.