Germany, Ss. A First Pattern Em/Nco’s Sleeve Eagle certificate_of_authenticity Second Lieutenant Walter "Ken" Barber

Second Lieutenant Walter "Ken" Barber described the crash: "I was the last one to fly "Little Joe" a B-25 operating off of Hill Airfield (a dirt airstrip we called Hammer Tower)

probably the photographer

and flanked by pips of identical construction

and “1914” on the bottom arm

with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code for the same manufacturer

Germany, Ss. A First Pattern Em/Nco’s Sleeve Eagle certificate_of_authenticity Second Lieutenant Walter "Ken" Barber(SS rmeladler). Constructed of black wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey first pattern SS style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 88 mm (w) x 40 mm (h), in uniform removed and near extremely fine condition.