Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Brocade and Buckle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Stitched onto the right breast

Stitched onto the right breast flap just above the pocket is an insignia consisting of a field-grey rayon triangle bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

plus a Pilot Badge

the reverse with an integral hinge and fluted horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch

Pinned onto the centre of the cap band is a silvered bronze insignia consisting of a central circular NVA insignia within an oak leaf wreath

as well as a handwritten signature of Minister of the Armed Forces Miroslav Navratil

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Brocade and Buckle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Stitched onto the right breast(Heer Paradefeldbinde fr Offiziere). A Heer Officers brocade and buckle, the former constructed of a reinforced field grey doeskin base, the obverse topped by a layer of silver aluminum wire trimmed with dual machine embroidered dark green tresses, with one ending featuring a reverse brown leather tongue perforated with seven sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, featuring a sliding knot of identical construction, the tongue bearing a