Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Archive It is also marked in

It is also marked in black handwritten ink "RMD/280" on the left inside collar

A fine lot of six awards recovered from the bombed Zimmermann factory

Lieutenants Simpson and Banks fought their way to the safety of nearby cloud cover

2 mm (w) x 19 mm (h)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Archive It is also marked in(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of brass and nickel silver, 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 obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring