Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of and by January of 1942

and by January of 1942

dark patina on the silver portions of the award

engraved inside "Jeff Stark 1946" - presumably a camp guard or a friend of the German POW

769 confirmed awards of all classes of this order of decoration were issued during the war years

with a baking plate (marked “500” for silver)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of and by January of 1942(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 visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular baseplate, unmarked but demonstrating the