Germany, Heer. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Third Pattern, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive 36 mm (w) x 19

36 mm (w) x 19

is dated March 21

with related miniature

fabricated from captured weapons materials

flanked on each side by arabesque designs with centrepieces consisting of a pair of crossed rifles overlaid by a Stahlhelm and a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, Heer. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Third Pattern, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive 36 mm (w) x 19(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen des Heeres). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a