Germany, Federal Republic. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, 1957 Version, With Stick Pin Miniature Newly Listed 25 mm (h - inclusive

25 mm (h - inclusive integral ring)

Constructed of dark grey porcelain

Prior to enlisting he worked as a plate layer

Member of the Court of Governors of the National Library of Wales

The exterior bears a hooked tongue for insertion into a frog

Germany, Federal Republic. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, 1957 Version, With Stick Pin Miniature Newly Listed 25 mm (h - inclusive(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen mit Anstecknadel). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 70 mm (w) x 53. 35 mm (h), weighing 33. 7 grams, in