Germany, Third Reich. A Desk Eagle, By Bildgiesserei Kraas consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 71 mm x 79

measuring 71 mm x 79 mm

a rare example of a cuff title still sewn together

small bust

presenting a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika above a scalloped trapezoid depicting reinstitution date “1939

89 were killed in action

Germany, Third Reich. A Desk Eagle, By Bildgiesserei Kraas consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 71 mm x 79(Tischeradler). A striking and extremely well preserved desk eagle, constructed of a blackened bronze alloy, consisting of a German national eagle executed in exceptional detail, with its wings fully outstretched and perched on top of a jagged rock formation, with the obverse of the rock featuring a flat surface likely intended to accommodate an engraved commemorative dedication, affixed to a rectangular pedestal featuring a paper liner to mitigate