Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Officer’s Summer Uniform Breast Eagle, First Pattern certificate_of_authenticity (Kriegsmarine Stempel)

(Kriegsmarine Stempel)

however the aircraft caught fire at 0708 and crashed at Whaplode Drove

Footnote: The Kiel Week (Kieler Woche) or Kiel Regatta is an annual sailing event in Kiel

independent right belt loop

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Officer’s Summer Uniform Breast Eagle, First Pattern certificate_of_authenticity (Kriegsmarine Stempel)(Luftwaffe Brustadler fr Offiziere 1. Form). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a first pattern, droptail style Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 85 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), an early example in near mint condition.