Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Breast Eagle Hold consisting of a backer rolled

consisting of a backer rolled into a belt loop and secured in place with heavy hand stitching

Stitched onto the cap in the centre of the cap band is an additional insignia in the form of a winged tricolour wreath and cockade

Footnote: The Merchant Service Medal was awarded to those who served in the Irish Merchant Navy during the Emergency period

and evidence of insignia replacement

in silver with a five-armed red enamelled Maltese cross

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Breast Eagle Hold consisting of a backer rolled(Kriegsmarine Brustadler fr Offiziere). Constructed of gilded aluminum, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an integral hinge and flattened horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, with a stabilizer emanating from the wreath, marked with an M indicating Kriegsmarine issue, measuring 95 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), with only slight loss of finish evident to high contact points, in extremely