Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Breast Eagle Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 1815” in silver gilt lettering

1815” in silver gilt lettering

Boer War D

the Regiment so impressed the Duke of Cornwall (later King George V) that he became the Camerons' first honorary colonel and allowed the regiment to bear his name

93mm (x 90mm including crown suspension)

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Breast Eagle Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 1815” in silver gilt lettering(Heer Sommer Brustadler fr Offiziere). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an elongated Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, with a stabilizer emanating from the wreath, unmarked, measuring 95 mm (w) x 35 mm (h), demonstrating loss of silver finish throughout the base metal, in very fine condition.