Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Newly Listed a hole on the front

a hole on the front where a badge once resided that has since been lost to time

Mounted as originally worn on gilt chain

That summer

double-drill holes on all four sides of the shield

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Newly Listed a hole on the front(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