Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity and depicting die-flaws specific to

and depicting die-flaws specific to this maker

Having then been commissioned as a Pilot Officer and flown on anti-submarine patrols in Catalinas of No

An extremely well preserved early example of a NSDAP (National Socialist German Worker’s Party/Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) member’s armband

He was struck off strength of 25 Company

The cap is surrounded by fold-down flaps

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity and depicting die-flaws specific to(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink with 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 obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by