Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type C, Refurbished Example by Paul Maybauer Hold (Der Deutsche Automobile-Club e

(Der Deutsche Automobile-Club e

on a loop for suspension - accompanied by its full length period original ribbon

(Abzeichen und Erinnerungsabzeichen)

Constructed of cardboard-reinforced dark green wool

issued on 28 February 1940

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type C, Refurbished Example by Paul Maybauer Hold (Der Deutsche Automobile-Club e(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