Original WWII German Army (Heer) OFFICER FLATWIRE CAP Eagle Brought Home By A U.S. Veteran Certified.

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Original WWII German Army (Heer) OFFICER FLAT WIRE  Cap Eagle Certified.   The German army originally adopted a slightly modified version of the NSDAP’s national eagle by order on February 17TH 1934, with instructions to have it applied to all steel helmets, visor caps, and tunics by May 1ST 1934. Later amendments to the introductory order stipulated that the national eagle was also to be worn on all field caps, the sports uniform and the black panzer wrap. The eagle came in three distinct designs with two having slightly different out-stretched wings and the third with down-swept wings. Generally Officer’s ranks utilized hand or machine embroidered breast eagles while EM/NCO’s ranks utilized machine embroidered or woven  eagles. Flat wire woven national eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons in silver flat wire threads on a woven field-grey rayon base. The eagle’s wingspan is roughly, 65mm from wing tip to wing tip. The eagle is still on it’s original field-grey factory roll. In almost mint condition with some storage wear. Complete museum documentation (COA) Provided. Certified by The Gettysburg Museum of History. 100% guaranteed to be authentic. The Gettysburg Museum of History does not support or condone Adolf Hitler or the Nazi Party and is only offering this as a historic relic. Please see our other items.    Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers. RARE FLAT WIRE VERSION!