Original WWII German Black PANZER OFFICER’S BREAST EAGLE. (Hoheitsabzeichen) Bullion Certified

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Original WWII German Black PANZER OFFICER’S BREAST EAGLE. (Hoheitsabzeichen) Bullion Certified. The German army originally adopted a slightly modified version of the NSDAP’s, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), national eagle by order on February 17TH 1934, with instructions to have it applied to all steel helmets, visor caps, and tunics by May 1ST 1934. Later amendments to the introductory order stipulated that the national eagle was also to be worn on all field caps, the sports uniform and the black panzer wrap tunic. The eagle came in three distinct designs with two having slightly different, out-stretched wings and the third with down-swept wings. Generally, officer’s ranks utilized hand or machine embroidered breast eagles while EM/NCO’s ranks utilized machine embroidered or machine woven breast eagles. During the war the breast eagles were manufactured in a variety of slightly different manufacturing techniques and colorations.  Nice quality, hand embroidered national breast eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in its talons in bright, silver/aluminum wire threads with bright, silver bullion and black accent threads mounted on a black wool base. Nice! U.S. Veteran bring-back condition. Some storage wear and slight fraying on the edge not effecting the eagle insignia (see photos).   Gettysburg Museum Certified (COA) provided. Rare 100% Guaranteed to be authentic. Sold for historic purposes only. See our other pieces on our web site.  Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers. RARE OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE!