Germany, Federal Republic. A Luftwaffe Parachute Badge, 1957 Version, c. 1965 certificate_of_authenticity The party returned early on

The party returned early on the morning of 1 October 1944

A shield shaped centre with the enameled Kyffhäuserbund emblem featuring a black silhouette of the Kyffhäuser monument on a white enamel background above the national colours

The right arm bears a single machine-embroidered gold thread specialist patch indicating that this tunic was worn by a Motor Transport Specialist of the RAD

A miniature constructed of gilt bronze and enamels

He was killed by friendly fire in the vicinity of Leningrad on 22 January 1942

Germany, Federal Republic. A Luftwaffe Parachute Badge, 1957 Version, c. 1965 certificate_of_authenticity The party returned early on(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Re instituted on July 26th, 1957. Constructed of silvered and gilded tombac, 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 eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch that is bent and does not allow the pinback to open, unmarked, measuring