Germany, Federal Republic. A Postwar Veteran’s Fallschirmjäger Badge GTRexclude Esk hit a mine and

Esk hit a mine and was lost along with 9 officers and 151 ratings

along with other units

measuring 59 mm (w) x 71 mm (h)

with central initials “DASV”

but textbook cross by Ferdinand Wiedmann

Germany, Federal Republic. A Postwar Veteran’s Fallschirmjäger Badge GTRexclude Esk hit a mine and(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with gilt, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving gilt Assmann style Luftwaffe eagle, on top of a background bearing an engraved inscription of TREUE UM TREUE (LOYALTY BEGETS LOYALTY), the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 40. 98 mm (w) x