Germany, Heer. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Third Pattern, by C.E. Juncker visually-hidden with red-enamelled flames between the

with red-enamelled flames between the cross arms each bearing Bourbon fleurs-de-lis

on a dark blue wool base

huge resources of manpower and equipment were deployed in an attempt to exploit the modest successes of the first day

a very scarce and highly desirable badge for a Luftwaffe collector

die-stamped silvered zinc

Germany, Heer. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Third Pattern, by C.E. Juncker visually-hidden with red-enamelled flames between the(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen des Heeres). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular