German Luftwaffe EM/NCO Eagle Cap Patch

Machine embroidered, second pattern, (1938-1945), Luftwaffe eagle. Silvery/grey rayon threads, mounted on Luftwaffe gray-blue wool with gray backing. Measures 70mm along wingtips. Uniform removed.

The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II. Germany’s military air arms during World War I, the Luftstreitkräfte of the Imperial Army and the Marine-Fliegerabteilung of the Imperial Navy, had been disbanded in May 1920 in accordance with the terms of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles which banned Germany from having any air force.