Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint First Pattern Officer’s Pith Helmet Eagle Insignia, by Gustav Brehmer Newly Listed type I with French legends

type I with French legends

each measuring approximately 40 mm (w) x 55 mm (h)

so that for a person with normal binocular depth perception the edges of the two images seemingly fuse into one "stereo window"

He was awarded the Black Wound Badge on December 12

J/28869 Pilot Officer John Alexander McIntosh

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint First Pattern Officer’s Pith Helmet Eagle Insignia, by Gustav Brehmer Newly Listed type I with French legends(Kriegsmarine groer Helmadler fr den weien Tropenhelm). Constructed of gilded tombak the obverse consisting of an enlarged Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastikas, the reverse retaining its original downward pointing prong for pith helmet attachment, maker marked with the logo of Gustav Brehmer, Markneukirchen, measuring 105 mm (w) x 54 mm (h), a rare early and maker marked example in near mint condition.