Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Breast Eagle for NCOs, Flat Wire Variant Archive Dated Hamburg on February 5

Dated Hamburg on February 5

constructed of silver with enamels and hand-painted designs

named to “WILHELM HACK”

he entered the Army in 1890 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Leinster Regiment

The file retains a black-and-white studio portrait of Lüth wearing a Waffen-SS Enlisted ranks uniform

Germany, Luftwaffe. A First Pattern Breast Eagle for NCOs, Flat Wire Variant Archive Dated Hamburg on February 5(Luftwaffe Brustadler fr Unteroffiziere 1. Form). Constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a layer of grey rayon threading, in turn overlaid by a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire drop tail style Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 95 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), a scarce early NCO variant in uniform removed and extremely fine condition.