Mirrored eagle?

[frank savage]

Hi there!

I've came across this period pic. I have notice that Jan Stangl (second from right) on his war booty A2 have a mirrored eagle! Take a look the photo, is printed in the right way! He had sewn it with the backside up or does exist a bird like this?

Someone have never handled an eagle like this?

Cheers!

[NickG]

Great picture Frank!!! Indeed a "beute" A-2 with a backwards stitched bird!
oops! Happened with army breast eagles too...in that scenario less obvious!

[Harry]

agreed, sewn on back to front! Nice selection of jackets

[kaiserwilhelm2]

Very cool!

[frank savage]

Thanks guys!

Yep, almost for sure a backwards stitched bird ... but for with reason Stangl have to sewn the eagle in this way????

Take care!

[billbert]

Maybe since its a beute A2 he has the eagle backwards to avoid the BAD LUCK bought to its previous owner... Billbert

superstition and luck..

[frank savage]

Hahaha!!! Maybe, Billbert, who knows?

[Jos L C]

I've seen quite some pics with the eagle applied like this, on caps, on jackets ..

Why ?

I think that sometimes the items had no eagle and you had to take care for that.., who would you ask ?
... think most of the time you would ask you're old granny .. and what did she know ?!

.. on the other side .. , it's rather stupid, the eagle has a detailed smooth side and the back is rather rough etc..
Maybe they had to apply it in the dark ?
... and would you wear it this way ?

Who's the big stupe ?

Normally it happens only a few times in a life time, but I've seen a "lot" of pics with wrong eagles.. ..

Bad eye sight, drunk, not interested, mental problems, the enemy .. ??

The eagle is applied the right way, but the jacket is on the wrong side of it ..??

Well, .. they didn't sew it on upsidedown, so they were smarter than we thought.

Jos.

[hs132]

Hello, while it is unlikely, it might be a pith helmet eagle. It would take some manipulation but might work. Best, Bill

[juoneen]

Lots of things were non regulation regarding certain personalities in all armies. I suspect he not only may be a south paw, but also may have wanted the darker backing to blend better on the leather , than the luft normal backing of the blue side, and I have had some eagles that the back side looked as good on the stitching as the front(eagle wise), so it may have just been his personalization of the A-2, and even some infantry officers in the US army in ww2 wore the A-2.

If you have pull with those in the upper crust of command , you can likely get away with such personalizations on the front aireodromes, and it is great to see more photographic evidence to change many opinions through interesting photos such as this one and others now popping up ,showing lots of instinces contrary to the books , but in general I believe things were worn regulation, but for combat pilots and personnel who never knew if they were coming back, they painted their jackets, added patches and adornments of flags and such, so this may never be known as to why, but when a luft officer went walking out , he would not wear his combat leather jacket anyway, but his normal uniform.

I am wondering if anyone else noticed the cross the man on the right side as we look at it is wearing? Something about the middle of it seems like it may not be an ICI, but may also just be an optical illusion, but if the center were black as the swas areas are and doesn't glare much ,so it maybe a different cross than the usual ?? I hope some day these guys in the photo are identified .

[juoneen]

This is what I am suggesting he may be wearing..

FRONT



and BACK....THE SIDE I SUGGEST HE STITCHED REVERSE UP. (dark backing showing, anybody disagree/ agree?)

[Scott C.]

Another on a sidecap

[Gene]

Cool pics!

[frank savage]

... and BACK....THE SIDE I SUGGEST HE STITCHED REVERSE UP. (dark backing showing, anybody disagree/ agree?)

Could be a chance...

Cheers!