Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Breast Eagle Hold in silver with a five-armed

in silver with a five-armed red enamelled Maltese cross

attached to full-length black and red braided neck cord via a bronze clip)

Stitched onto the cap in the centre of the cap band is an additional insignia in the form of a winged tricolour wreath and cockade

and evidence of insignia replacement

Air Commodore Shoulder Board (wide rank stripe in light blue and black embroidery indicative of the rank of Air Commodore

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Breast Eagle Hold in silver with a five-armed(Kriegsmarine Brustadler fr Offiziere). Constructed of gilded aluminum, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an integral hinge and flattened horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, with a stabilizer emanating from the wreath, marked with an M indicating Kriegsmarine issue, measuring 95 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), with only slight loss of finish evident to high contact points, in extremely