Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Breast Eagle, First Pattern Newly Listed type III without the lion

type III without the lion on the crown

(SS-Dienstauszeichnung)

7 mm (w) x 45 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

Net content 100g”

the four larger button holes discreetly hidden behind an integral flap

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Breast Eagle, First Pattern Newly Listed type III without the lion(Luftwaffe Brustadler fr Offiziere). Constructed of a dark grey wool and canvas backer, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire droop tail Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 95 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), with extensive material fatigue evident to both the backer and wire, in overall poor condition.