Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Metal Breast Eagle, First Pattern GTRexclude he served as a 2nd

he served as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Durham Light Infantry and later transferred to the Royal Flying Corps

in green and white bakelite

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and pinned with a silvered zink rank pip and number “12”

Hauptmann shoulder boards

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Metal Breast Eagle, First Pattern GTRexclude he served as a 2nd(Luftwaffe Brustadler fr Offiziere). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a first pattern droptail style Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 88 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), wth minor loss of finish evident, an early and high quality example in extremely fine condition.