Germany, Federal Republic. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, 1957 Version, With Stick Pin Miniature Newly Listed with light blue rayon “Waffenfarbe”

with light blue rayon “Waffenfarbe” piping (indicating Turkestan Legion)

Edith Maude Murray

sewn in place on the peak on the front is a Kriegsmarine eagle in yellow and navy blue machine embroidery

organized by makers as known in 2007

Germany, Federal Republic. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, 1957 Version, With Stick Pin Miniature Newly Listed with light blue rayon “Waffenfarbe”(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen mit Anstecknadel). Constructed of gilded and silvered 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, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 70 mm (w) x 53. 35 mm (h), weighing 33. 7 grams, in