KM metal breast eagle

[Tim B.]

Nice bird!

[Tim B.]

You can see the Maedicke maker's mark under the name.

Tim

[Farradin]

Nice birds Tim. The one with the blue backing looks the same as mine. Do you know where they used them? On what tunic/shirt?

[JustinG]

A Collani is probably my guess for sailors who did not want to have an embroidered eagle; this would be the option.
As Tim said before, they would have loops much in the same way that medals/qualification badges would be attached. This is my speculation on these.
Nice birds shown.
Best regards,
JustinG

[Tim B.]

Nice birds Tim. The one with the blue backing looks the same as mine. Do you know where they used them? On what tunic/shirt?

Hi Farradin,

No, I don't know really for sure. As Justin stated, probably on occasion where someone wanted to wear something other than an embroidered eagle but, it appears these were sewn on to the garment, so...a dressier shirt/blouse for mess dress or official functions? May be nothing more than a personal preference as some of these embroidered eagles look pretty poor in style.

Then again, perhaps a unit that was deployed for a long period of time (u-boat or auxiliary ships) away from Germany and the sailor could not get access to regular manufactured uniform items and improvised what he had available onboard. Would be interesting to see some in actual wear.

My eagle is pretty thin, hollow stamped and not solid, appears to be gilded aluminum and may be mounted the with the same small pins as yours. I can't tell as the eagle is pretty tight to the fabric.

Congrats again on a great looking eagle!
Tim

[Bond]

Did they have eagles on the dress cloaks, or similar garments?

Great looking eagle and hopefully someone can unravel this mystery.



Jerry

[Farradin]

Thanks for the info guys!

Here is the dimensions if anyone wonders.

[Tim B.]

Hi Farradin,

Well, that's near spot on for mine. Here's the dimensions I wrote down back in 2003 when I picked this one up.

Height: 35.46 MM
Width: 94.15 MM

Weight: 5.7 grams, though thats not going to be the same as yours as the backing material is different.

Tim

[Jody]

KM Metal Breast Eagle

Hello,
Here is my example.

Regards,
Jody

[Jody]

Heer Breast Eagle

Here is my silver example for Army or KM admin.

Regards,
Jody

[km-spain]

Hi all, these are mine.

[Farradin]

Hello. I found the courage to gently remove the backing cloth. Looks like an assmann eagle! Mystery solved!




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[AndyC]

Ok a Assmann



Andy

[Tim B.]

That's an interesting development!

Tim

[Norm F]

Hello. I found the courage to gently remove the backing cloth. Looks like an assmann eagle! Mystery solved!

Back in post #3 JayP had already identified this type as an Assmann, but it's nice to have two examples...

Andy,Here are some pics of my eagle.I have had this eagle for over 20 years and have never seen another until you posted the other one.Mine was removed from a scrapbook and has glue on the reverse.I was able to pull back the wool backing and my eagle is marked with the Assmann logo.Jay Parisi

Just uploading Farradin's photos from the host server so they're not lost to the thread for future reference.

Best regards,
---Norm