Germany, Luftwaffe. A Breast Eagle for Enlisted Ranks, Late-War Uniform Cut-Off Example Province of China named to “STEUERINSPEKTOR CARL SCHNEIDER”

named to “STEUERINSPEKTOR CARL SCHNEIDER”

reverse with a handwritten list in black ink identifying all twenty individuals in the photograph

a small necklace pendant

worn during combat with Yugoslav Partisans as the unit withdrew into Austria

Accompanied by their 11 mm x 76 mm Ribbon Bar (silver cross on the Shoulder Badge ribbon

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Breast Eagle for Enlisted Ranks, Late-War Uniform Cut-Off Example Province of China named to “STEUERINSPEKTOR CARL SCHNEIDER”(Luftwaffe Brustadler fr Mannschaften). Constructed of dark blue grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, affixed with period original zig zag stitching to a patch of dark blue grey wool cut off of a late war Luftwaffe service tunic, the reverse showing part of a grey rayon liner, unmarked, measuring 12. 5 cm (w) x 13 cm (h), an interesting battlefield memento in extremely fine