bearing two bands of gold bullion wire interwoven with black thread
A second war German police (“Gendarmerie”) stick pin
awarded to Generalmajor Gronau
(Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1939 I
The scabbard measures 280 mm in total length
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Ii Pattern, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive bearing two bands of gold(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Instituted on 5 November 1936 by Hermann Gring. (1936 1945). Consisting of an oval nickel silver wreath, with laurel leaves on the left half of the wreath, and oak leaves on the right half of the wreath, with a gilded tombak eagle (denazified), the reverse with two rivets visible holding obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked W. Deumer, Ldenscheid,