Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge by F.W. Assmann & Söhne
(Fallschirmschützenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping gilded Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with two visible rivets holding the obverse eagle in place, marked with the logo of maker F.W. Assmann & Söhne, Lüdenscheid, measuring 42.52 mm (w) x 53.58 mm (h), weighing 24.6 grams, in very fine condition.

