Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint Officer’s Breast Eagle visually-hidden with the interior drawer partially

with the interior drawer partially preserved

Footnote: Although uprisings among the Greek inhabitants of the island of Crete had been occurring for years

and issued onboard a Kriegsmarine vessel in the Atlantic Ocean

affixed via two screwbacks to a reinforced black wool backer

Accompanied by two black and white photographs of the elder Southwood (one of which is inscribed "July 3rd 1926

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mint Officer’s Breast Eagle visually-hidden with the interior drawer partially(Kriegsmarine Brustadler fr Offiziere). Constructed of a dark navy blue wool backer, the obverse bearing a golden yellow celleon wire Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 100 mm (w) x 40 mm (h), in near mint condition.