Very nice quality hand embroidered Officer’s sleeve eagle in bright silver/aluminum wire and bullion threads with black accent threads on a cut-out black wool base. The eagle is still very bright and clean. Has been removed from the tunic. Excellent. The first pattern SS sleeve eagle was officially introduced in May 1936 although photographic evidence indicates that it was in use as early as the summer of 1935. Shortly after its official introduction the eagle underwent minor modifications resulting in the second pattern that was worn for the duration of the war. These second pattern eagles were originally issued in a hand embroidery version for Officer’s ranks and a machine embroidered version for EM/NCO’s until a machine woven version was introduced in 1939.