Germany, Federal Republic. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, 1957 Version, With Stick Pin Miniature GTRexclude Lieutenant Harold Waddell Joslyn

Lieutenant Harold Waddell Joslyn

Eagle in hand embroidered gold bullion wire on Kriegsmarine navy coloured backer

51 mm long stick pin

four bells attached to the tights on his right leg

the green enamels on the laurel bushels mostly lost through time

Germany, Federal Republic. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, 1957 Version, With Stick Pin Miniature GTRexclude Lieutenant Harold Waddell Joslyn(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen mit Anstecknadel). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 70 mm (w) x 53. 35 mm (h), weighing 33. 7 grams, in