Police Visor Cap Eagle by JFS (G)
Price: $49
BUY / RESERVE THIS ITEMDescription: Mützenadler; Second pattern, police cap eagle as introduced June 1936 to replace the earlier, (Circa April 1934-June 1936), first pattern cap eagle. The single piece, silver washed, die stamped, aluminum alloy construction, right facing eagle features out-stretched wings and is clutching a canted swastika in its talons. The eagle is superimposed on an embossed, vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with the eagle’s wings extending beyond the outer edges of the wreath with a roughly, 55mm wingspan. The eagle and the wreath both have nice high relief detailing and the insignia is slightly convex to fit the contours of a cap. Both inset attachment prongs are intact.Maker marked JFS. Near mint.
Reference: One of the new uniform regulations June 1936 was the introduction of a slightly modified second pattern police eagle and swastika to replace the first pattern. The police pattern national eagle was worn on all types of headgear including the visor caps, overseas cap and the M43 field cap. The insignia utilized on the visor caps was of stamped metal construction while the insignia on the soft caps was machined or handstitched.
