SS Officers sleeve eagle

[Adrian Stevenson]

Brought home by the same British Veteran as the NCO's bullion collar tab I showed in another thread. It was glued into the same photo album.

Cheers, Ade.

[Dimas]

Unfortunately soviet veterans has not the same stuff in their albums.
Nice eagle, and hard to find a good example...

[SS Ring Man]

Nice one just the way thay should be,it must be nice feeling to obtain so much great stuff from one man.Thanks Darrell

[tonys]

Hi Ade,

Yes a nice textbook hand embroidered officers eagle.

With collectors holding onto them like gold (actually these are worth more than their weight in gold) and all the fakes popping up, it's getting rarer to see them on the web.

[Bob Hritz]

Ade,

This ourstanding eagle has every single earmark of what should be looked for in an original officer's eagle of the RZM type. There are good fakes, but none that look like your original. These originals have gotten very pricy, but have always been scarce and in great demand.

Bob Hritz

[Adrian Stevenson]

Bringing this old thread back up to illustrate what an original should look like.

Cheers, Ade.

[Killroy]

Will the fakes pass the blacklight test or is the best way to spot a fake the construction of the eagle alone?

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi, current fakes will pass the blacklight test and have so done for a number of years now.

The best one is to look closely at the construction, multi threads, etc. Many will have an incorrectly formed swastika. Note the "fat" looking swastika which should fill the wreath. Fakes are often conversly better defined.

Cheers, Ade.