Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Officer’s Flat Wire Cap Eagle Archive Footnote: The Order of Glory

Footnote: The Order of Glory was instituted on November 8

very fine/extremely fine condition

using tombak as the base metal allowed the catch to be soldered firectly to the reverse of the clasp

chipping and repair evident in the white enamels on the reverse centrepiece and on the arms on both sides

Footnote: According to page 37 of Robert Werlich’s “Jettons of Imperial Russia”

Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Officer’s Flat Wire Cap Eagle Archive Footnote: The Order of Glory(Waffen SS Mtzenabzeichen fr Offiziere). Constructed of black rayon, the obverse bearing a silver aluminum flat wire SS style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, applied with careful machine stitching, affixed to a field grey wool base retrieved from a Waffen SS service cap (most likely a Schiffchen overseas cap), the insignia measuring 74 mm (w) x 30 mm (h), the wings rendered slightly downward pointing with the cut of the