Description:

Machine woven, national eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed ... in it’s talons in matte grey, rayon threads, positioned above a national tri-color cockade with a black outer circle encompassing a white inner circle and a red center dot, on a woven, field-grey rayon trapezoidal base. The insignia is still on its original, woven, field-grey, rayon factory roll and is in overall excellent, un-issued, condition. The German army originally adopted a slightly modified version of the NSDAP’s, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), 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. Regulations followed on October 30TH 1935 that stipulated the national eagle was also to be applied to all field caps. Generally the national eagle for wear on the EM/NCO’s overseas and M43 field caps were machine woven, first in white on a dark green base, (circa 1934), then later in matte grey on a field-grey base, (circa 1939), while Officer’s versions were embroidered in bright, silver/aluminum wire threads. A machine woven version in bright, silver/aluminum flat-wire threads was also utilized by Officer’s but was also very popular with senior NCO’s. Originally the Weimar, Reichswehr era, oval black, red and gold national cockade was utilized until it was replaced with a circular national cockade in black, white, and red on March 14TH 1933. Please ask specific questions on details, condition, and shipping prior to bidding, ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS, and bidder will be responsible for payment. We box and ship what we can to keep costs low, and use USPS and UPS. Large items, extremely fragile, and high value items will be packed by UPS. Quotes available on request.

    Dimensions:
  • 2.25" x 2"
  • Condition:
  • Mint Unissued Condition

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January 18, 2019 5:00 PM EST
Canandaigua, NY, US

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