Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual Italian-Made Uniform Eagle for an Albanian Volunteer Archive and loss of scabbard finish

and loss of scabbard finish with evidence of re-painting throughout

but the badge is in an otherwise near very fine condition

and Gold Medal of the French Society for the Development of Research and Inventive Activity 1970 (numbered "126-8" and dated May 8

measuring 480 mm (w) x 325 mm (h) overall

1921 to October 3

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual Italian-Made Uniform Eagle for an Albanian Volunteer Archive and loss of scabbard finish(Brustadler fr Freiwilliger). Constructed of black wool, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered silver grey double headed Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed swastika, unmarked, measuring 105 mm (w) x 46 mm (h), an unofficial and unusual example demonstrating typical characteristics of Italian manufacture and likely intended for distribution to Albanian Axis volunteers, in near extremely fine condition.