Possible SS ’style’ Cap Eagle ?
Hi guys, a Happy New Year to you all.
I acquired this badge in 1984. A family friend (who knew I was interested in militaria) gave it to me along with a german army paybook. He had been given these by a British soldier who had fought in Italy during the War, the book being taken from a deceased soldier. At the time I was learning german at school, and wrote a letter to the German War Graves & enclosed a photocopy of the book. They then wrote back & informed me that this poor soldier had no known grave, but his name was engraved on a memorial near Monte Cassino, very sad.
This fact corrobated the item(s) had indeed come from Italy.
Now, I’ve never doubted this badge before, due to it’s passage to me, but I can’t seem to find a match on this badge, in this section, there was one, which was pointed out as being an early fake, but having checked mine against it, the prongs are different, as is the head. Having also looked at all the original SS eagles on here, I’m not to sure what I’ve got ? I’ve posted on this forum as the eagle, closely resembles the SS style as opposed to the army style, wonder if you can help ?
Regards Paul
I acquired this badge in 1984. A family friend (who knew I was interested in militaria) gave it to me along with a german army paybook. He had been given these by a British soldier who had fought in Italy during the War, the book being taken from a deceased soldier. At the time I was learning german at school, and wrote a letter to the German War Graves & enclosed a photocopy of the book. They then wrote back & informed me that this poor soldier had no known grave, but his name was engraved on a memorial near Monte Cassino, very sad.
This fact corrobated the item(s) had indeed come from Italy.
Now, I’ve never doubted this badge before, due to it’s passage to me, but I can’t seem to find a match on this badge, in this section, there was one, which was pointed out as being an early fake, but having checked mine against it, the prongs are different, as is the head. Having also looked at all the original SS eagles on here, I’m not to sure what I’ve got ? I’ve posted on this forum as the eagle, closely resembles the SS style as opposed to the army style, wonder if you can help ?
Regards Paul
