Germany, Heer. Four Sets of Musician Swallow’s Nests United Republic of 98 mm (w) x 29

98 mm (w) x 29

including a picture postcard presenting a black-and-white photograph of the Linienschiff Schlesien (Battleship Schlesien)

as well as three die

This story is one more illustration of the bad pilotage and seamanship that gradually deteriorated Germanys personnel

Germany, Heer. Four Sets of Musician Swallow’s Nests United Republic of 98 mm (w) x 29(Heer Schwalbennester). Three matching sets of Heer Signals musician swallows nests, each constructed of lemon yellow wool with a field grey wool underlay, bearing nine silver aluminum wire tresses arranged vertically, with an additional tresse of identical construction, both tresses executed according to late Reichswehr and early Wehrmacht (c. 1930) regulations, the reverse of each featuring five magnetic metal hooks for uniform attachment, unmarked