Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type C, by Friedrich Linden Buy Now Footnote: The Order of Merit

Footnote: The Order of Merit was instituted on April 10

Prior to the war he held an office job working as an administrative official

demonstrating loss of finish and surface oxidation throughout the core

along with 72 mm (w) x 47 mm (h) rectangular patches representative of the 8th Reconnaissance Regiment (VIII RECCE) in yellow

slightly worn on edges

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type C, by Friedrich Linden Buy Now Footnote: The Order of Merit(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). 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 diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two flattened rivets securing the eagle in position, with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oval base, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of