Germany, Heer. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Third Pattern, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive the reverse inscribed “Für 20

the reverse inscribed “Für 20 jährige Dienstzeit”

red threading above the wreath

Black wooden handle with chipping

the obverse bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire “droop tail” Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

the reverse liner has separated

Germany, Heer. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Third Pattern, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive the reverse inscribed “Für 20(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen des Heeres). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle, 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