Finally a real Coastal Artillery officer's breast egale

[Kurt]

I'm sure everybody collecting Coastal Artillery has noticed that there are virtually no CA officer's breast eagles in bullion left as most of them were sold as WH General's breast eagles when in doubt.

There are WH collectors out there who actually pretend that they can tell by the quality of the bullion wether or not it's CA or WH. My personal experience is that I have seen horribly executed bullion breast eagles on untouched WH General's uniforms and nearly perfect ones on CA officer's blouses.

I do not know the exact numbers but I'd dare assume that there were less Kriegsmarine officers wearing field grey blouses with bullion eagles than there were Generals in the Wehrmacht (incl. doctors, Admins, Veterinarian etc...). So what does that make a CA officer's breast eagle?

Here is one that actually shows a different backing that clearly identifies it as being Kriegsmarine. First example that I ever found that was so obviously KM and 10 times more rare than a WH General's breast eagle... figured I show it off

Kurt

[Kurt]

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[Glenn McInnes]

Very nice...I don't collect CA or KM but I always considered these type officer eagles with a "field grey" wool backing to be Coastal Artillery...Dark green wool backing of course for Heer General officers.


And I of course could also be wrong..











Glenn

[Fred Green]

Greetings All,

Nice looking eagle. I would love to have it in my collection!!

Fred

[Norm F]

... I always considered these type officer eagles with a "field grey" wool backing to be Coastal Artillery...Dark green wool backing of course for Heer General officers.

Hi Guys,

I love that eagle!

A KM officer's "field grey" uniform which was often a custom item would still be greenish in colour. I agree with Kurt that you can't tell the difference with the dark green backing eagles, and they were used interchangeably for Heer General and Coastal KM officer.

That eagle is probably very similar to the one worn by my Dad in this photo when he was a Navy communications officer in Trieste. And here's a KM medical officer's tunic that had been previously posted in the forums described as Italian cloth, which looks very similar.

Best regards,
---Norm

[Kurt]

Thanks everyone for the nice words and thanks Norm for the extra photographic evidence (I was just looking for pics on my harddrive).

Here is one of those ugly ducklings on one of my WH General's uniforms. I believe it's the original eagle but if this were posted for authentification, I'm absolutey certain I'd read a comment like: "it lacks the quality I'd expect to see on a General's rank breast eagle"....

[km-spain]

Nice bird Kurt, really hard to find one like this.

Basicly I agree with you, is almost impossible to know if one of these is for General or a KA officer. IMO the feldgrau or dark green backing is more a personal decision than a norm. With a private purchase tunic with dark green collar problably is more usual to find a dark green backing eagle, as last tunic I have bought, and with a feldbluse a feldgrau backing one. First are rarer, is very unusula the a KA officer boughyt a private purchase tunic and usully used transformed EM feldbluses.

[Norm F]

With a private purchase tunic with dark green collar probably is more usual to find a dark green backing eagle, as last tunic I have bought, and with a feldbluse a feldgrau backing one. First are rarer, is very unusual that a KA officer bought a private purchase tunic and usually used transformed EM feldbluses.

Hi Eduardo,

My Dad wore both.

Best regards,
---Norm

[Kurt]

Norm, and apparently even with a blue visor TOTALLY against regulations

Thanks for sharing... Kurt

[km-spain]

This is the only one I'm sure that is both, a KA eagle for a General/Admiral .

[FestungSpanien]

Beautiful detailed birds Kurt and Eduardo

[Kurt]

This is the only one I'm sure that is both, a KA eagle for a General/Admiral .

km-spain... I somehow knew you were going to pull this one out. Very nice ... Kurt

[km-spain]

Kurt ... it was the place, no?

[DOC_KÜSTENART]

Hi Eduardo,

My Dad wore both.

Best regards,
---Norm

Norm, I love the picture on the right, not easy to find KM green uniform with blue visor.

Nice birds!

[km-spain]

Norm, I love the picture on the right, not easy to find KM green uniform with blue visor.

And even more a KM officer with a M42 feldbluse