Germany, Heer. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Third Pattern, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive with related miniature

with related miniature

Both are trimmed at the exterior with an array of silver aluminum wire tassels

(Heer Aufklärungs-Abteilung Kragenspiegel)

fabricated from captured weapons materials

Germany, Heer. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Third Pattern, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive with related miniature(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