Luftwaffe Breast Eagles

[John Hodgin]

Waiting....................

Steve

LOL! Sorry, was away all evening.
Here is the front.

[SMP]

Ugly ! Fancy having that on your uniform .

Congrat's, John. You've been finding a lot recently.

Regards,
Steve

[John Hodgin]

Ugly ! Fancy having that on your uniform .

Congrat's, John. You've been finding a lot recently.

Regards,
Steve

Ugly!? Where is your sense of Teutonic design Steve???!!! An odd but scarce eagle. Will show you some later that perhaps you will think are more handsome. Yep, been a good month. And many thanks for the tip! Will post some photos when it arrives.
Regards,
John

[Jos L C]

Familiar..?...

Jos.

[John Hodgin]

If anyone could do it, I knew you could Jos! Excellent work!
Here is one of Willi's, please remember this style in case you see another.
Best,
John

[John Hodgin]

Does Size Really Matter?

Well does it?

[John Hodgin]

Detail.

I sure hope Steve does not think this one ugly.

[Willi Z.]

Nice eagles John. Except for that ugly one! I thought that one eagle looked afmiliar. I like the way the right wing tip turns up. Have you seen another?

Here is a very late subdued eagle. Rough wool backing and some features (swaz and claws) are thin and weak.

[SMP]

I suspect a lot of these "Ugly" birds were made in occupied countries. Perhaps it was a subtle type of revenge !
(BTW John - "Birds" is English slang for women. You can keep the ugly ones ! )

Regards,
Steve

[John Hodgin]

Steve,

Regarding women, I totally agree.
As for Luft. birds, I'll take all I can get, ugly or otherwise.

Willi, when you visited I showed you an eagle like yours, with lots of material around it. :-)
Cheers,
John

[John Hodgin]

Another.

PS Willi, as you well know, subdued eagles are rare

[Jos L C]

Trop.eagle on heavy fabric ,unfortunately re-applied,in this case I don't care too much,it's a rare bird and the jacket displays nicely this way IMO.

Jos.

[John Hodgin]

Very good Jos!

I do wish khaki thread was used...

Nice shoulder strap by the way!

[Jos L C]

Very good Jos!

I do wish khaki thread was used...

Nice shoulder strap by the way!

The straps are a pair,John,one is laying upside down.
The thread which is used for the triangular eagle is kinda khaki,but the flash makes it a rather light color..,on the other hand I'm not too worried about lighter or darker shades...,here's a era shot of very dark colored thread used...

Jos.

[Willi Z.]

Nice eagle and straps Jos.

I thought I would pull out some unissued subdued eagles to compare against a standard white one.