Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Friedrich Linden Hold and a loop without its

and a loop without its ribbon

horizontal pinback (two solder points

They afford fair protection from shell splinters or shrapnel

the left collar tab displays a single silvered rank pip on a black wool upper

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Friedrich Linden Hold and a loop without its(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink with gilded tombak, 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 eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden,