Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Breast Eagle, by J.A. Maedicke visually-hidden 56mm (x87mm including crown suspension)

56mm (x87mm including crown suspension)

One source indicates that he died from Pneumonia while at home

dated 27 November 1942 for a wound suffered on 17 November

with slight fraying on the black wool edge

1941 and launched on June 28

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Breast Eagle, by J.A. Maedicke visually-hidden 56mm (x87mm including crown suspension)(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.