Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Late-War Field-Repaired Example, by G.H. Osang United Republic of An India Service Medal

An India Service Medal

measuring 58 mm (w) x 64 mm (h)

had participated in the battle of Houthulst as an 18-year-old Second Lieutenant in the artillery

He was later appointed Captain with the Coast Artillery Corps in Delaware

Instituted on March 1 1934 by Emperor Kang Teh of Machuria

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Late-War Field-Repaired Example, by G.H. Osang United Republic of An India Service Medal(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 retaining one of two rivets, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked G. H. OSANG, DRESDEN, measuring 43. 18 mm (w) x 53. 95 mm (h), weighing 35. 0 grams, the eagle