Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, With Case, By Imme & Sohn Hold but opposed the Hellyer "unification"

but opposed the Hellyer "unification" of the armed forces

with enamel contact and minor loss

ET REX” (“A GRATEFUL PRINCE AND COUNTRY

measuring 42 mm (w) x 20

Remains not recovered

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, With Case, By Imme & Sohn Hold but opposed the Hellyer "unification"(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of gilded brass and nickel silver, 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 obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked JMME & SOHN, BERLIN, measuring 41. 80 mm (w)