Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type B, by Paul Meybauer Buy Now excellent silver plating

excellent silver plating

London Gazette 9 October 1915:

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Footnote: This badge is published example and is found on page 413 of Aircrew and Honor Prizes of the Flying Troops from 1913 to 1920 by Carsten Baldes

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type B, by Paul Meybauer Buy Now excellent silver plating(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of patinated and gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in position, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback, maker marked with the logo of Paul Meybauer, Berlin, measuring 42. 66 mm (w) x 53. 44 mm