Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Tropical Breast Eagle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive on blue Kriegsmarine cloth backing

on blue Kriegsmarine cloth backing (slightly damaged)

the 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross

presumably a restaurant or an inn

12 mm (w) x 26

with Rifleman Thompson returning to duty with the Royal Regina Rifles on May 18th

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Tropical Breast Eagle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive on blue Kriegsmarine cloth backing(Heer Tropen Brustadler fr Offiziere). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an elongated Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 95 mm (w) x 35 mm (h), demonstrating loss of finish throughout, a mid to late war example in very fine condition.