Sewing of a Panzer-Eagle

[Eric the Wiking]

Dear Gentlemen

Do you agree with me that the eagle at the bottom of the wreath was sewn by hand and not continuously by machine?

Thanks for your opinions.

Kind regards
Eric

[pauke]

Yes, the back stitch is obvious as well as the hand stitching around the wreath.

[Eric the Wiking]

Thanks for the confirmation. What about the attachment. Before May 1945?

[OSS]

yes.

[Mike Davis]

I sold this wrap and encouraged the buyer to post the application here for opinions. The hand sewing around the wreath is unusual but not unheard of. Attached is an older photo of an M42 with the same kind of application. I am confident that both are factory sewn.

[Mike Davis]

Photo

[jmcm]

Some tunics had the Swaz tucked under eagle after the war.

[LuckyStrike23]

I think the wreath caused problems for the machine and that might be the reason, why they introduced the T-eagle / Trapezoid eagle later.

[Willi Z.]

Exactly!

[Fred Green]

Hello,

The "T" eagle had been used by GBJ when the first cap eagles came out. The triangular eagle came out in around 44-45 and most likely used in that application for speed of sewing. The wreath was a problem to sew.Very time consuming.

Fred

[docholl]

Hand sewn thread looks to be the same as the machine sewn part. OK by me.

[90th Light]

This excellent example of a later model tropical tunic has the eagle sewn the same way;

https://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/for...tropical-tunic

What is interesting is that the tropical eagle on this later tropical tunic is a very desirable type. I have every reason to believe that it is the original eagle sewn on when the tunic was made before May 1945,

Chris

[Jeff V]

I agree that it is original wartime sewing.

[Crusader17]

No problem for me. I think it is absolutely fine.

[Eric the Wiking]

Thank you Gentlemen for your answers and opinions. I'm glad everything is OK.

Kind regards
Eric