Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type E, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive 13 mm (h) x 19

13 mm (h) x 19 mm (w) respectively

lightly worn but remains nearly all of its original gilt

black screen-printed type "Lg

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he has shown increasing anxiety when near the front line

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type E, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive 13 mm (h) x 19(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered brass, 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 a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 43.