Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer, Ludenscheid United Republic of measuring 95 mm (w) x

measuring 95 mm (w) x 43 mm (h)

missing its vertical pinback assembly

with NSKK eagle machine-woven in aluminum thread over a sulphor Yellow (district/Gruppe Franken)

Footnote: These “spoof” Iron Crosses were dropped over Belgian and French towns and cities near the Western Front in an effort to demoralize the enemy

bordered by the inscription DEUTSCHES ROTES KREUZ (GERMAN RED CROSS) in gold on a black enamel field

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer, Ludenscheid United Republic of measuring 95 mm (w) x(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Instituted on 5 November 1936 by Hermann Gring. Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets holding the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked P. MEYBAUER BERLIN on reverse, measuring 42. 72 mm