Germany, Heer. A Breast Eagle for Enlisted Ranks, M43 Tunic Extract Hold missing its spring catch

missing its spring catch

Cross for Twenty-Five Years' of Peace 1939-1964: two-piece construction

before returning to K Company on December 14th

issued 30 July 1941

Germany, Heer. A Breast Eagle for Enlisted Ranks, M43 Tunic Extract Hold missing its spring catch(Heer Brustadler fr Mannschaften). Constructed of field grey rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, secured with original zig zag stitching to a piece of field grey cloth cut off of an M43 field tunic, unmarked, measuring 14. 5 cm (w) x 6. 5 cm (h) overall, an interesting late war example removed from the tunic of a German serviceman, in very fine condition.