Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Eagle, First Pattern Archive Affixed to the helmet is

Affixed to the helmet is a custom-fitted “Hessian cloth” cover constructed of a coarse light brown burlap

straight-armed cross pattée

signed in green ink by the Minister of Defence

A well-preserved Waffen-SS Wehrpaß to SS-Rottenführer Wilhelm Kopystka

It will be a more serious proposition when you get to England

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Summer Uniform Eagle, First Pattern Archive Affixed to the helmet is(Luftwaffe Adler fr Offiziere). Constructed of white wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire droptail style Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse modified post manufacture with a horizontal pinback for alternative wear, unmarked, measuring 70 mm (w) x 54 mm (h), an unusual example in very fine condition.