Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS EM/NCO’s Sleeve Eagle, Second Pattern, Uniform Cut-Off Example
(Waffen-SS Ärmeladler). Constructed of black wool, the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey SS-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn stitched to a field-grey wool backer which has been cut off of a period uniform, unmarked, the eagle measuring 90 mm (w) x 44 mm (h), a superb field-worn example in extremely fine condition.

