Germany, Heer. A Breast Eagle for Enlisted Ranks, M43 Tunic Extract Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Belt Buckle (two-piece construction

Belt Buckle (two-piece construction

6 mm (w) x 28

intact lugs incorporating a bronze bar with ball finials at either end)

The Order was removed from papal control in 1928

Germany, Heer. A Breast Eagle for Enlisted Ranks, M43 Tunic Extract Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Belt Buckle (two-piece construction(Heer Brustadler fr Mannschaften). Constructed of field grey rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, secured with original zig zag stitching to a piece of field grey cloth cut off of an M43 field tunic, unmarked, measuring 12 cm (w) x 6. 5 cm (h) overall, an interesting late war example removed from the tunic of a German serviceman, in very fine condition.