This one caused a stir when I posted it in another thread. I think it is horrible! The actual postcard has the embossed details of a photographer's studio in Narvik, Norway.
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Sewn on back to front!Comment
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Frequently seen type, with the distinctive little beak that makes the bird look more like a sparrow.Comment
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Okay, he's a kriegsmarine rather than a soldat, but this is the best picture I have of this frequently seen eagle.Comment
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Thanks for the picts Mark. I have both the types you posted in your post 18 and 19 but its always nice to see period photos as a confirmation
Regards
JCComment
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Thanks for posting these pictures. I think as collectors we focus on what's the accepted versions and tend to shy away from eagle variations that are completely legit.
TonyComment
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My God, Post 16, 17, and 18; no one would buy any of those! Good Lord!
I mean.. that first one looks like it's laying an egg and the second... is the swat really backwards?!?!?!
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Great period photos and insignia examples.Comment
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I'm glad people like the pictures, and many thanks to everyone who has posted theirs. I will add more period pictures of eagle variants as and when I obtain them. I have had a great education in eagle types and variants since I joined this forum, and I am very grateful to everyone who has shared their knowledge. Fred Green has been extremely helpful on all aspects of cloth insignia - ongoing thanks, Fred! - and several other members have helped out when I posted questions. Many thanks to one and all.
All the best,
MarkComment
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I have picked up a few more pics showing non-standard eagles. The first appears on a waffenrock. The detail is poor, but the shape of this one is quite distinctive. The head is also very rounded.Comment
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This private purchase eagle is pretty nice, and the detail in the photo is very good, as shown in the close-up.Comment
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The final photo from the latest batch is one I was very pleased to find. A very distinctive early private purchase embroidered eagle, on field grey backing, on a tunic being worn in the field. Just look at the eagle's beak! The soldier's outfit is a fascinating mix of pre-war and mid-war heer items. His sidecap features M40 grey insignia, and his M36 collar displays M39 einheits collar tabs. His shoulderboards show plain slides to disguise a regimental number, and he wears an Ostmedaille ribbon and black wound badge with a lot of the black paint worn off. On his sleeve is a mouse-grey rank chevron. Perhaps this was once a walking-out tunic that was pressed into field service. It would be an amazing tunic to pick up, wouldn't it?
MarkComment
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Mark,
Great eagle photos!! The last one looked like Toucan Sam on the Fruitloops cereal box.
FredComment
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Hi All,
I managed to pick up another couple of useful pics for eagle collectors, so here is an update to the thread. The first photos are of a well-known highlighted pattern of private purchase eagle, shown on a heer feldwebel's tunic. I played with the brightness and contrast in the close-up to enhance the details of the construction. It is amazing how much detail was captured by the photographer some seventy years ago!
All the best,
MarkComment
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The second photo shows a pattern of eagle that has been discussed at length in this thread:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=782333
It has taken quite a while to obtain a decent original photo of one, so I am happy to be able to share this one on the forum. Marked by a studio in Kiel, the picture shows a coastal artillery soldier, so this bird would of course have been bright yellow. The close-up was scanned at 1200dpi.Comment
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