Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Breast Eagle Auction Archive crescent moon and wreath suspension

crescent moon and wreath suspension

both measuring 45 mm (w) x 104 mm (l)

Footnote: Thomas Herbert was born in Collingwood in 1890

to Major Cipriano Olivera

Order of National Merit with Silver Star (silvered and gilt metal 17

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Breast Eagle Auction Archive crescent moon and wreath suspension(Kriegsmarine Brustadler fr Offiziere). Constructed of dark blue wool, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered gold bullion wire Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse retaining a mostly intact paper liner, unmarked, measuring 110 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), in uniform removed and near extremely fine condition.