Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare & Mint Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type E with Case, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive model (1876-1918)

model (1876-1918)

dated 16 May 1943 and certified by the signature of an unidentified Officer

for counter insurgency service of ninety days

It completes with a square pommel which screws in to maintain the dagger’s structural integrity

an unpublished visual accompaniment in very fine condition

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare & Mint Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type E with Case, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive model (1876-1918)(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of nickel silver and gilded tombak, 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 spun rivets securing the eagle in position, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a C shaped round wire catch, maker marked with the toes up variation of the