Timeline of German Army Enlisted Breast Eagles

Timeline of German Army enlisted breast eagles as factory applied to wool field blouses. Introduction dates are approximate.

Left column, top to bottom:
-White on gray Bevo, February 17, 1934
-White on green Bevo, June 19, 1937
-Gray on green Bevo, February 5, 1939

Right column, top to bottom:
-Gray on Feldgrau Bevo, June 4, 1940
-First type embroidered eagle on rayon, 1943 (seldom encountered)
-Second type embroidered eagle on rayon, 1944
-M44 triangular eagle, 1944

Not shown: printed eagle, 1945.

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