Germany, Heer. An EM/NCO’s Breast Eagle, Uniform Cut-Off Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the pinback stamped with a

the pinback stamped with a silver content number of “900” and Präsidialkanzlei code “21” indicating manufacture by Gebrüder Godet

XIX - Operation "ECLIPSE"

"1882"reverse

(Gebirgsjäger Erinnerungsabzeichen für Weihnachten 1941)

‘This soldier was hit on the head by a piece of enemy shrapnel and instantly killed

Germany, Heer. An EM/NCO’s Breast Eagle, Uniform Cut-Off Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the pinback stamped with a(Heer Brustadler fr Mannschaften). Constructed of dark green rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, affixed to an extract of field grey cloth cut off from a Heer servicemans tunic, unmarked, the eagle measuring 100 mm (w) x 40 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.