Kriegsmarine officer eagle opinions.

[DeMil]

This eagle is on a Coast artillery officer tunic I have.
What is not often to see is the "not centered swastika" but I like the rest of the eagle very much.
Only a sloppy hand sewing ?

Thanks for any opinions.

Regards

Derek

[DeMil]

Close up.

[germanpolice]

not for me

[glaser]

IMO if a tailor had made this during the war, he was shot instantly!

[DeMil]

Hi and thanks for your answers.

So this breast eagle is a copy without any doubt ?

Derek

[glaser]

We are collectors, not scientist. Unless you find this example in a wartime or postwar sales catalogue, or you have it in crisp detail on a wartime picture, or you have it from an 100% untouched uniform, we can speak about "without any doubt". But I would not add that one to my collection, feel free to listen at what fellow collectors are saying about it.

[DeMil]

Thanks for your answer glaser.
I know the history on this uniform so I was hoping all were original sewn on. I was thinking this eagle was periode and hand stiched with the swastika a but out of fokus. I had over many years had hand bullion cap eagles and breast eagles. They had a bit sloppy sewing on the swastika as well. Periode eagles they were.

Derek

[glaser]

interesting thread about eagles

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=breast+eagles

[DeMil]

Very interesting tread glaser.
Like on my breast eagle, I see several hand sewing on the swastikas are bad and not symetric

Derek

[GAMS1]

IMO a good one . I'm not surprised at all to see a swaz like this one , a bit
strange but hand made , don't forget it !
I already had some embroidered cap eagles which were so ugly !
And not only the swaz !
Nick

[Andy C.]

IMO a good one . I'm not surprised at all to see a swaz like this one , a bit
strange but hand made , don't forget it !
I already had some embroidered cap eagles which were so ugly !
And not only the swaz !
Nick

Agree

[glaser]

Andy, Nick

Please show us wartime pictures of these misformed swastica eagles in wear

[Fred Green]

Hello,

Not the prettiest eagle but I have no problem with the construction. War time produced piece IMHO.

Fred

[glaser]

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=1#post6845104

another example of a sloppy swastica, the wreath has already been pointed out as bad.

[JasonA]

The eagle is fine, for my money. Many collectors expect perfection but these were hand made, and many variances exist. Not a problem for the swaz, and not all tailors turned out exemplary pieces, and not all craftsman turned out meticulous examples.

J-