Bevo Reichsbahn Sleeve Eagle

Product Description: This Bevo Reichsbahn Sleeve Eagle is a crisp, unissued example, in near mint condition. It’s Bevo, machine woven construction, made of a textbook rayon material. The front of this attractive patch features a German national eagle and swastika emblem in yellow thread on a black backing. The backing fabric is a thin black woven rayon. The top and bottom edges are finished, with the other edges neatly cut, just as it would have been when removed from a factory roll. The reverse of this nice Bevo Reichsbahn sleeve eagle shows details of the machine woven construction. There are a couple of light colored marks on the rayon backing on both sides, that do not affect the eagle at all, and that may have been there since this patch was made. The eagle is clean and perfect. These are not getting any easier to find. This one is choice.

Historical Description: The German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht), as formed in 1935, and as they existed until the end of World War 2, consisted of the Army (Heer), the Air Force (Luftwaffe) and the Navy (Kriegsmarine). The Waffen-SS fell under the command of the Wehrmacht during the war. Each of these branches of service had a unique eagle design that was worn on both the formal dress and parade uniforms, and the field uniforms, of the members of that branch. These eagles were worn on soft headgear, including service and field caps, as well as on the uniform jacket. In the Heer, the Luftwaffe, and the Kriegsmarine, this eagle was worn on the chest of the tunic; collectors have termed these “breast eagles.” The Heer and the Luftwaffe generally used the same eagle style, though variations in color of the eagle or the backing distinguish between the two. The Luftwaffe used their own flying eagle emblem. The Waffen-SS sleeve eagle (and cap eagle) had wings that came to a distinctive tapered point. The cap, breast and sleeve eagles used by the various military branches were manufactured in many variations. There were machine-woven and machine embroidered versions, usually used by officers and NCOs. Hand-embroidered bullion wire eagles were typically for officers. There were metal eagles, for caps, or for uniforms that were intended to have detachable insignia. There were even eagles embroidered on camouflage fabric, intended for use on special field uniforms. There were also eagles in specific colors for use on tropical uniforms. Some of these eagles were mass-produced and are still common today. Others were, and are, very rare.

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