Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, by C.E. Juncker Archive (Turnverein Gürtelschnalle)

(Turnverein Gürtelschnalle)

5 mm x 102

original tri-colour ribbon with hanger

SOLINGEN” for the former firm of Alexander Coppell

inscribed "MARE VSQVE AD MARE" (Sea Unto Sea)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, by C.E. Juncker Archive (Turnverein Gürtelschnalle)(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a