NSDAP/SA/Political cap eagle
1937 pattern.
Near mint condition.
Looks great in hand, hard to make a good scan.
Aluminium. Width approx 58 mm.
Maker marked "RZM M1/111" (Gebr. Gloerfeld Metallwarenfabrik KG, Ludenscheid
HISTORY:
Allegedly the first pattern Third Reich political national eagle was personally designed by Adolf Hitler himself and was introduced on November 4TH 1927. Originally the first pattern eagle was worn on the Kepi by SA and SS personnel and wasn't adopted for wear by NSDAP political leaders until 1931. Uniform regulations of January 1934 introduced a second pattern political style national eagle and a further modified eagle was introduced in 1936, and again in 1937 with a final form being introduced in April 1939.
