Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Breast Eagle, by J.A. Maedicke Auction (Polizei Ordensschnalle mit Verleihungsurkunde)

(Polizei Ordensschnalle mit Verleihungsurkunde)

with some loosening of the core evident but with no compromising of the frame

the reverse with an inscription of “DEM VERDIENST” (“FOR MERIT”)

including a Revolutionary Armed Forces Academy badge

the reverse marked with a maker’s logo and date of “41”

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Breast Eagle, by J.A. Maedicke Auction (Polizei Ordensschnalle mit Verleihungsurkunde)(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.