Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Hold crinkled and creased

crinkled and creased

maker marked “WD38”’ measuring 62

while the orange cork liner on the underside of the sweatband at the front has fragmented

especially in the beige cotton lining

48 mm x 62 mm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Hold crinkled and creased(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silver feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with dual visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid,