Original WWII German Luftwaffe OFFICER’S BREAST EAGLE. (Hoheitsabzeichen) Bullion Brought Home By A U.S. Veteran Certified

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Original WWII German Luftwaffe OFFICER’S BREAST EAGLE. (Hoheitsabzeichen) Bullion Brought Home By A U.S. Veteran Certified. The Luftwaffe pattern national eagle was originally introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft, (Pilot Base), personnel of the DLV, Deutscher Luftsportsverband, (German Air Sports Association), the clandestine, civilian, forerunner of the Luftwaffe on August 18TH 1934 and was officially adopted for wear by all Luftwaffe personnel on March 1ST 1935. The original first pattern national eagle was utilized until a, slightly modified, second pattern national eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. Regulations dictated that the national eagle was to be worn on almost all headgear and on the right breast of almost all uniforms with a few minor exceptions. Officer’s ranks generally utilized hand embroidered breast eagles as opposed to the machine embroidered breast eagles as utilized by EM/NCO ranks. Of Note: Machine woven and even metal alloy national eagles were also utilized in limited quantities. Also Of Note: Officer holding ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall and Reichsmarschall Göring utilized gold colored accouterments including breast eagles as opposed to the silver versions worn by all other ranks. Nice quality, hand embroidered, second pattern, (Circa 1936/1937-1945), Luftwaffe eagle, with out-stretched wings, clutching a canted swastika in one talon, in bright, silver/aluminum wire threads, with bright silver bullion and off-white accent threads, on a cut-out, Luftwaffe blue/grey wool base.  Nice example showing the expected minor age and wear overall  but used condition. Gettysburg Museum Certified (COA) provided. 100% Guaranteed to be authentic brought home by a U.S. Veteran. Sold for historic purposes only. See our other pieces on our web site. Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers. Great artifact! don’t miss it! VERY GOOD but used CONDITION. EXCELLENT BULLION VERSION!