Germany, Luftwaffe. An EM/NCO’s Breast Eagle consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The 16th Motorized Infantry

Footnote: The 16th Motorized Infantry Division was nicknamed Windhund (Greyhound) and participated in the Balkans campaign in 1941 along with the 16th Panzer Division

A textbook example of a mint and unissued Waffen-SS EM/NCO’s breast eagle

DEUMER LÜDENSCHEID" on the reverse

The hilt features a hooked quillon and insertion slot retaining an original green wool liner

with five drill holes for uniform attachment

Germany, Luftwaffe. An EM/NCO’s Breast Eagle consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The 16th Motorized Infantry(Luftwaffe Brustadler fr Mannschaften). Constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 90 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), demonstrating minor material fatigue, in uniform removed and near extremely fine condition.