Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Breast Eagle, First Pattern Auction Archive A statement

A statement

overlaid by a green enameled Arrow Cross

circumscribed with “GEN

stating the he had eight years' previous service with the Grenadier Guards (participating in the London Campaign (Egypt) in 1898 and in the Boer War (South Africa) in 1901-1902)

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Breast Eagle, First Pattern Auction Archive A statement(Luftwaffe Brustadler fr Offiziere 1. Form). Constructed of dark blue grey wool, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire droptrail style Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse retaining an intact paper backer unmarked, measuring 85 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), demonstrating oxidation throughout the wire, an unusual variant in very fine condition.