Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Breast Eagle visually-hidden Following the surrender

Following the surrender

interior lid marked Rothe

1883 and awarded for services to agriculture

constructed of machine embroidered dark green and light grey threading

pinned with three silvered zink rank pips

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Breast Eagle visually-hidden Following the surrender(Luftwaffe Brustadler fr Offiziere). Constructed of blue grey wool, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse retaining a mostly intact paper liner, unmarked, measuring 80 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), demonstrating oxidation throughout the wire, in uniform removed and fair condition.