Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Tropical Breast Eagle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive presumably a restaurant or an

presumably a restaurant or an inn

missing the clasp

with moderate oxidation and loss of black finish evident to the core

on blue Kriegsmarine cloth backing (slightly damaged)

Following the fall of the SA during the Night of the Long Knives (June 30 - July 2

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Tropical Breast Eagle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive presumably a restaurant or an(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.