Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Archive and Iron Cross 1914 (silvered

and Iron Cross 1914 (silvered bronze and black enamels

to militarize the workforce

Herbert Sutcliffe

Leier arrived in Africa on March 31

It measures 147 mm x 210 mm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Archive and Iron Cross 1914 (silvered(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