Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge Stick Pin GTRexclude medal was cleaned

medal was cleaned

Broad is buried in Calais Canadian War Cemetery (Leubringham)

the reverse with the original institution date “1813” in raised numbering on the six o’clock arm

hand embroidered in silvery-aluminum wire

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge Stick Pin GTRexclude medal was cleaned(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen Anstecknadel). Constructed of silvered and blackened bronze, 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 needle retaining a screw fastener, unmarked, measuring 16 mm (w) x 22 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.