Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Breast Eagle, First Pattern United Republic of featuring a 119 mm long

featuring a 119 mm long brushed (magnetic) steel blade

He was a politician

Awarded to medical personal for distinguished service during Franco-Prussian War

intact interior fabric hinge cover

1882 in Belfast

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Breast Eagle, First Pattern United Republic of featuring a 119 mm long(Luftwaffe Brustadler fr Offiziere). Constructed of a canvas backer retaining some dark grey wool, bearing a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire droop tail style Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse retaining a depot label, otherwise unmarked, measuring 90 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), with extensive oxidation and material loss of the silver wire and wool, respectively, in overall poor condition.