S009995 SS VISOR CAP EAGLE. (Schirmmütze Adler)

BACKGROUND: On July 20TH 1934 shortly after the, June 30TH 1934, purge of the SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment), on the "Night of the Long Knives", the SS, Schutz Staffel, (Protection Squad) was rewarded by Hitler by being granted the status of an independent organization under direct control of the NSDAP Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party). Originally, (circa 1932), SS personnel had worn the Imperial Prussian Danziger style skull and the political style national eagle on their visor caps. In an attempt to distance themselves from the SA, the SS introduced a new pattern cap skull to replace the previously used Imperial Prussian Danziger style skull on October 6TH 1934 and in February 1936 a new SS pattern national cap eagle was introduced. Both these pieces of insignia were worn through out the war. Of Note: The RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster), was official founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Starting in late 1934 items manufactured for the SS came under the quality control of the RZM and were marked with a RZM/SS approval/acceptance mark. In 1943 the Waffen SS assumed full control over their uniform item production and no longer fell under the authority of the RZM.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Die stamped, alloy construction SS cap eagle with a silver wash. The left facing eagle features out stretched wings and is clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in its talons. The eagles wingspan is roughly, 2 5/8" from tip to tip. The obverse of the eagle has lost all of its silver washed finish and has reverted to the flat matte grey of the base alloy although the silver wash is still visible to the reverse. The eagle has about five small dings and dents. The hollow backed reverse is a mirror image of the obverse and both of the original attachment prongs are intact. The reverse of the eagle is well marked with the embossed RZM logo within a circular border and the embossed manufactures code, "M1/72", indicating manufacture by Fritz Zimmermann of Stuttgart. Also marked "SS 499/42".

GRADE ****                             PRICE $1,295.00

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