Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Auction 44 mm lapel pin

44 mm lapel pin

Footnote: Bernard Patrick Duplassie was born on August 8

his senior year at Loyola

Badge in silver and enamels

Gablonz) – unmarked badge

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Auction 44 mm lapel pin(Fallschirmspringerabzeichen). Instituted on 5 November 1936 by Hermann Gring. (Issued 1936 1945). Consisting of an oval nickel silvered wreath, with laurel leaves on the left half of the wreath, and oak leaves on the right half of the wreath, with a central gilded tombak eagle clutching a mobile swastika in its talons, reverse marked with logo of maker Gebrder Schneider, Vienna, two rivets visible, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a