Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge Stick Pin GTRexclude Instituted on 1 September 1939

Instituted on 1 September 1939 by A

he served with both the Army and the Air Force

This silver gilt sash badge features a Maltese cross with ball finials and segments of laurel wreaths in each quadrant

the reverse with the original institution date “1813” in raised numbering on the six o’clock arm

but which they had not succeeded in capturing

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge Stick Pin GTRexclude Instituted on 1 September 1939(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen Anstecknadel). Constructed of silvered and blackened bronze, 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 needle retaining a screw fastener, unmarked, measuring 16 mm (w) x 22 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.