Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Breast Eagle, by J.A. Maedicke Auction Archive demonstrating sporadic loss of finish

demonstrating sporadic loss of finish in addition to the replaced claw

and red vertical striped banner

27 July 1944)

The interior retains a fully intact brown leather liner

3) A Military Merit Cross ribbon

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Breast Eagle, by J.A. Maedicke Auction Archive demonstrating sporadic loss of finish(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.