GERMAN 1927 SS/SA POLITICAL CAP EAGLE

German NSDAP SS 1927 POLITICAL CAP EAGLE Mützen Adler

1927 Pattern SS/NSDAP/HJ/SA Mützen Adler. It is constructed out of die stamped nickel-silver. The obverse features an early style national eagle with outstretched wings clutching a wreathed black swastika within its talons. The hollow back reverse has lost both of its' tombak prongs. Nice detail! It measures 37mm wide. 

The first pattern Third Reich political national eagle was personally designed by Adolf Hitler himself and was introduced on November 4TH 1927. Originally the first pattern eagle was worn on the Kepi by SA and SS personnel and wasn’t adopted for wear by NSDAP political leaders until 1931. Uniform regulations of January 1934 introduced a second pattern political style national eagle. This second pattern, political national eagle was modified in 1936, again in 1937 and a final pattern was introduced April 1939. 

This ss cap eagle would have been worn on the Allgemeine SS NCO's Schirmmutzen Visor Caps

Note:  Both of the prongs are missing on the back.