A German Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Officer’s Breast Eagle certificate_of_authenticity red brown wooden grip with

red brown wooden grip with nickeled eagle

This cross is an excellent example of a highly desirable early twentieth century Pour le Mérite of very fine quality wartime manufacture by Wagner of Berlin

Oberleutnant and Pilot of Fighter Wing 54

eagle in patinated/darkened zinc

Footnote: The Ledo Road from Ledo

A German Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Officer’s Breast Eagle certificate_of_authenticity red brown wooden grip withConstructed of aluminum wire and rolled bullion wire interlaced with light gray threading to form the veins of the eagle; on a dark green Flaschengrn Wehrmacht backer with black rayon backing; measuring 88 mm x 43 mm; in uniform removed condition.