Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Breast Eagle, by J.A. Maedicke Auction Archive and red vertical striped banner

and red vertical striped banner

demonstrating sporadic loss of finish in addition to the replaced claw

cotton batten medal bed

1943 and on March 16th

Victory (1899

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Breast Eagle, by J.A. Maedicke Auction Archive and red vertical striped banner(Kriegsmarine Metallbrustadler fr die Sommeruniform der Offiziere). Constructed of gilded aluminum, the obverse consisting of an elongated Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integral hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, with a stabilizer emanating from the wreath, maker marked with the logo of J. A. Maedicke, Berlin, measuring 95 mm (w) x 35 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.