Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Tropical Breast Eagle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed In Witness Whereof Our Governor

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

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

insignia measuring 15 mm (w) x 15 mm (h)

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

An Iron Cross 2nd Class Award Document to Pioneer Battalion 97 - In the name of the Fuhrer and the High Command of the Wehrmacht

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Tropical Breast Eagle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed In Witness Whereof Our Governor(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.