Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Eagle, First Pattern Archive GAU Level - dark red

GAU Level - dark red piping

straight-armed cross pattée

45” and measuring 95 mm (w) x 64 mm (h)

Affixed to the helmet is a custom-fitted “Hessian cloth” cover constructed of a coarse light brown burlap

It will be a more serious proposition when you get to England

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Eagle, First Pattern Archive GAU Level - dark red(Luftwaffe Adler fr Offiziere). Constructed of white wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire droptail style Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse modified post manufacture with a horizontal pinback for alternative wear, unmarked, measuring 70 mm (w) x 54 mm (h), an unusual example in very fine condition.