Kummale poole kull vaatab?

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Lühidalt - kui kull vaatab paremale, esindatakse riiki, kui kull vaatab vasakule, esindatakse parteid.
Aga on ka üks huvitav erand - wehrmachti univormi rinnakotkas, mis vaatab vasakule. Allpool sellest erandist ka juttu.

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One has to separate between State and Party, as such “point of view from eagle” if the State is represented the eagle will be facing right, if the Party is represented the eagle will be facing left.
For example:
The Wehrpass: The basic field personnel record is a national/state document and therefore the eagle faces right. The same applies to the Soldbuch: The basic pay and identity document, were the eagle faces right. State agencies such as the Reichswehramt displayed a chop with the eagle facing right.

On the NSDAP membership party book, the eagle faces left. In regards to all NSDAP organizations such as SS, SA, HJ, etc.etc. the eagle faces left. Hitler being the leader of the NSDAP therefore used a chop or letterhead with the eagle facing left.

Notably the Wehrmacht eagle on the Uniform however faces left, despite the Wehrmacht being a state and not a party organization.
The reason is that the last President – Hindenburg – ordered by decree on 17. Feb. 1934 that all Reichswehr units that are being transformed into Wehrmachtunits are to apply the NSDAP symbol to there uniforms (Therefore the eagle faces left).

Hitler also ordered on 17th Feb. 1934 that starting from 1st of May 1934 the Hoheitszeichen/Hoheitsadler –State eagle- needs to be displayed generally on the uniform and headgear. Since these two orders contradicted each other, but Hitlers orders had off course to be obeyed by the NSDAP organisations even the Totenkopf SS and Waffen SS units initially displayed the State eagle facing right - which was corrected after 20th of July 1934 were Hitler announced that due to the sacrifice in regards to the Roehm Putsch the SS was now officially placed as an independent formation within the NSDAP.


The Aermeladler before 1937 were more of a private purchase issue since the Aermeladler was only officially introduced on 7th March 1936 and issued in 1937. A new Aermeladler (same as on the cap - longer spread wings) was introduced in 1939 but the old version can still be seen on photos dating until 1945. (However all new and old facing left).

One can now assume, that Hindenburg who despised Hitler and therefore the Reichswehr/Wehrmacht being used as an instrumentalism by Hitler should not display the German State symbol, but rather the party – But I would not have a proof to this theory.

This Hindenburg “mistake” was reconfirmed in the Dress order code dated 14th Nov. 1934, and again confirmed by the Reichskriegsminister – Reichswarminister – on 9th April 1936, exceptions being the eagle on the Helmet facing forward or the eagle facing towards the pole (for example downwards or straight) if mounted on a Banner pole.