Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type C, Refurbished Example by Paul Maybauer Newly Listed demonstrating some careful repairs to

demonstrating some careful repairs to the enamel which obscures some of the paint

superimposing on a nicely enameled blue background

with two Flight Hauptmann collar tabs of golden yellow wool base construction with three hand embroidered rank gulls positioned above a half-wreath of oak leaves tied with a ribbon at the bottom

he proceeded to England on March 26

and the first and only king of the country from 1910-1918)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type C, Refurbished Example by Paul Maybauer Newly Listed demonstrating some careful repairs to(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval 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 replacement crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting an original round wire catch, maker marked P. MEYBAUER, BERLIN, measuring 42. 57