Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type G, Refurbished Example by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed with sporadic pitting and running

with sporadic pitting and running marks (in addition to evidence of cleaning)

1914 in Waldsee (southern Germany)

1916 by the Municipal Council of Verdun

The reverse ricasso bears a maker’s mark of “RICH

stating that he had no previous military service and that he was single

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type G, Refurbished Example by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed with sporadic pitting and running(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two replacement rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked with the logo of F. W.