Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Archive Herbert Sutcliffe

Herbert Sutcliffe

39 mm x 44

to militarize the workforce

(english title in pen on side of carton)

with oak and laurel wreaths directly beneath with an Iron Cross 1939 at the base

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Archive Herbert Sutcliffe(Fallschirmspringerabzeichen). Instituted on 5 November 1936 by Hermann Gring. (Issued 1936 1945). Consisting of an oval nickel silvered wreath, with laurel leaves on the left half of the wreath, and oak leaves on the right half of the wreath, with a central gilded tombak eagle clutching a mobile swastika in its talons, reverse marked with logo of maker Gebrder Schneider, Vienna, two rivets visible, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a