Below them were a German eagle and a swastika.
Its large corner towers are typical, once surmounted by a German eagle.
The badge is round on its center and displays the German eagle surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves.
Under the name, also visible from this close, were five double-headed Imperial German eagles.
Twenty years ago, when I first visited the place, the official booklet had a German eagle enblazoned in red across its cover.
It had on its top an Australian soldier thrusting his bayonet through a German eagle.
The Shield is headed by the German eagle clutching a wreathed swastika.
At the base was an apron stage flanked by flagpoles for the swastika or the German Eagle.
To make matters worse, he has painted a German eagle on the door of his studio and written "Bomb Shop" underneath it.
The text under the German eagle reads: