in silver with a five-armed red enamelled Maltese cross
and evidence of insignia replacement
consisting of a backer rolled into a belt loop and secured in place with heavy hand stitching
his younger comrades with the Knight
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
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