Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Officer’s Breast Eagle Auction with a very thin paper

with a very thin paper backer mostly preserved on the reverse

France for Dover aboard the ship

1957 in Munich

and Terek Cossack: TB over blue upper/lower

He was promoted to Lieutenant in February 1891

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Officer’s Breast Eagle Auction with a very thin paper(Luftwaffe Brustadler). Constructed of a densely woven grey cotton twill backer, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 90 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), oxidation of the silver wire is evident, with loss of most of the dark grey wool backing also apparent, in overall fair condition.