Werner von Blomberg
The "Reichswehr's" visual acknowledgement of the new National Socialist reality came on 17 February 1934, when the Commander-in-Chief, Werner von Blomberg, ordered the Nazi Party eagle-and-swastika, then Germany's National Emblem, to be worn on uniform blouses and headgear effective 1 May. The design adopted, in silver for the "Reichsheer" (army) and in gold for the "Reichsmarine" (navy), was a stylized eagle with outstretched, beveled wings clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, later to be called the "Wehrmachtsadler" ("armed forces eagle").