BACKGROUND: Physical fitness of its personnel was a prime concern of the German Wehrmacht and each new recruit was issued a specific sport uniform that consisted of a pullover "tank top" style shirt, navy blue, later black, shorts and athletic shoes. Regulations of October 22ND 1932 introduced the Troop Sports Badge that was to be applied to the front center of the sports shirt. On May 14TH 1935 the new M35 sports shirt eagle for EM/NCO’s was introduced to replace the previously used Reichswehr era Troop Sports Badge.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Stretchy, standard issue, white tricot construction, tank top style, sports shirt with vertical side seams and low, circular, boat-cut neck line. Shirt has a machine woven, M35 pattern, sport shirt eagle with out-stretched wings in black on a woven white half-moon base. Half-moon base is roughly 12cm tall and 23cm wide and eagles wingspan is roughly 22cm wide from tip to tip. Half-moon base is machine stitched to front center of shirt. Neckline has a dark green linen stripe indicating NCO rank. Shirt is roughly size 36" (96cm) chest. Worn and used with a few small stains, but overall good condition. NCO examples are scarce