German Early Army EM/NCO M36 Embroidered Breast Eagle Patch

Early, M36 pattern, machine woven breast eagle in white rayon threads on a cut-out, woven blue/green rayon base. The eagle has been uniform removed, but is still in very nice condition.

The Wehrmacht (lit. ’defence force’) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe (air force). The designation “Wehrmacht” replaced the previously used term Reichswehr and was the manifestation of the Nazi regime’s efforts to rearm Germany to a greater extent than the Treaty of Versailles permitted.