Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, With Case, By Imme & Sohn Hold 1957 in Munich

1957 in Munich

with enamel contact and minor loss

the horn and fouled anchor in bands of silver

but opposed the Hellyer "unification" of the armed forces

ET REX” (“A GRATEFUL PRINCE AND COUNTRY

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, With Case, By Imme & Sohn Hold 1957 in Munich(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of gilded brass and nickel silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked JMME & SOHN, BERLIN, measuring 41. 80 mm (w)