Original EARLY WWII German Army (Heer) EM/NCO’S BREAST EAGLE. (Hoheitsabzeichen) Certified

SOLD

Original WWII German Army (Heer) EM/NCO’S BREAST EAGLE. (Hoheitsabzeichen) 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 tunic. 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 machine woven breast eagles. During the war the breast eagles were manufactured in a variety of slightly different manufacturing techniques and colorations. Early, machine embroidered, national breast eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching an encircled, canted, swastika in its talons in silvery/grey cotton threads on a cut-out, dark, blue/green badge cloth base.  In good uniform removed 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 NICE USED EXAMPLE!