Two cut offs

[Welsh RS]

Hello guys,

Thought I’d post up the latest additions to my Luftwaffe cut off collection.. hope you like these two beauties

[SMP]

Very impressive ! What is the first eagle ?

[Welsh RS]

Very impressive ! What is the first eagle ?

Officers pennant eagle..


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[Journeymontana]

Very nice! I really like the tropical cutoff!

[Gene]

Nice pieces; why did the vets have to destroy tunics, shirts, pennants, flags, etc.,?

[Welsh RS]

Thanks for the comments gentlemen... appreciate your help [emoji1303] I also managed to pick up a generals pennant eagle cut off from the same gentlemen I bought these from, it is posted in the flags, pennants, standarte forum


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[Ironcrown]

Nice pieces; why did the vets have to destroy tunics, shirts, pennants, flags, etc.,?

I guess an infantryman in combat did not have much space in the breadbag to keep souvenirs.
Nice eagles

[Willi Z.]

Nice examples. The tropical eagle looks like it was cut from an unissued tunic.

Not unusual for troops to come across unit supply stocks and could not carry the item, so they cut off a piece and moved on.

Not saying it is the case in this example, but for decades after the war insignia was cut off of uniforms and the uniforms thrown away. I knew of a case where a veteran sent home a large pile of unissued FJ water pattern smocks (12 or so), and after decades he cut the eagles out and threw the smocks away. Lots of reasons for this: moving, nagging wives, kids don't want it, don't understand or care about the value, even stories like "my wife threw those smelly things away when I wasn't home", etc.