Germany, Federal Republic. A Luftwaffe Parachute Badge, 1957 Version, c. 1965 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a native of Fockendorf

a native of Fockendorf

with seven wooden sticks in between

marked “L/50” on reverse bottom

the exterior lid bears the image of a chariot with a Romanesque soldier being drawn by two horses

numbered "1883/2"

Germany, Federal Republic. A Luftwaffe Parachute Badge, 1957 Version, c. 1965 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a native of Fockendorf(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