Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Tropical Breast Eagle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed whose prewar imagination had been

whose prewar imagination had been fired up by the thrilling re-creation of aerial combat in Hollywood productions

In Witness Whereof Our Governor General of Our Dominion of Canada hath hereunto set his hand and Seal at Our Government House in the City of Ottawa this Tenth day of December in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-one and in the Fifth Year of Our Reign

In white and gold-coloured embroidery

They were also commonly used by vehicle drivers when operating in dusty environments

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Tropical Breast Eagle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed whose prewar imagination had been(Heer Tropen Brustadler fr Offiziere). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an elongated Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 95 mm (w) x 35 mm (h), demonstrating loss of finish throughout, a mid to late war example in very fine condition.