Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Metal Breast Eagle, First Pattern Hold and in operations of the

and in operations of the North East Column

Fallschirmjäger Loyalty Chain & Certificate - Paratrooper’s loyalty award (Fallschirmjägertreuekette)

Instituted in 1948 (in bronze gilt

was to suffer a humiliating defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)

Sir John Moore

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Metal Breast Eagle, First Pattern Hold and in operations of the(Luftwaffe Brustadler fr Offiziere). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a first pattern droptail style Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 88 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), wth minor loss of finish evident, an early and high quality example in extremely fine condition.