Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Officer’s Flat Wire Cap Eagle Hold A First War German Iron

A First War German Iron Cross 19141 miniature grouping stick pin

This regiment was assigned to the 5th Infantry Division throughout the war and participated in a number of major actions on three separate fronts: Marne

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maker marked "W" (Wagner

Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Officer’s Flat Wire Cap Eagle Hold A First War German Iron(Waffen SS Mtzenabzeichen fr Offiziere). Constructed of black rayon, the obverse bearing a silver aluminum flat wire SS style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, applied with careful machine stitching, affixed to a field grey wool base retrieved from a Waffen SS service cap (most likely a Schiffchen overseas cap), the insignia measuring 74 mm (w) x 30 mm (h), the wings rendered slightly downward pointing with the cut of the