Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge
(Fallschirmschützenabzeichen). Instituted on 5 November 1936 by Hermann Göring. (Issued 1936-1945). Constructed of silvered feinzink wreath, with laurel leaves on the left half of the wreath, and oak leaves on the right half of the wreath, with a central gilded tombak eagle clutching a mobile swastika in its talons, the reverse with two rivets holding eagle in place visible, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, measuring 42.34 mm (w) x 53.03 mm (h), weighing 31.6 grams, in near mint condition.

