Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction light overall wear

light overall wear

each of the buttons marked with six small stars on the reverse

A Saxon Military Order of St

the centre of the cap band features an additional insignia consisting of a padded dark green wool backer bearing a central non-ferrous metal tricolour cockade

one crewman recalling that it was

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction light overall wear(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver and 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, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring