Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Cloth Version
(Fallschirmschützenabzeichen, Stoffausführung). Constructed of a padded dark grey wool base, the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered, silver-grey, oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving golden-yellow Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse retaining a fully-intact black paper liner, unmarked, measuring 50 mm (w) x 59 mm (h), demonstrating some fatigue or mothing to the edge of the wool, in near extremely fine condition.

