Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Late-War Field-Repaired Example, by G.H. Osang United Republic of Instituted on March 1 1934

Instituted on March 1 1934 by Emperor Kang Teh of Machuria

with a storage compartment below for the sash

had participated in the battle of Houthulst as an 18-year-old Second Lieutenant in the artillery

where he worked in a freight yard

measuring 58 mm (w) x 64 mm (h)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Late-War Field-Repaired Example, by G.H. Osang United Republic of Instituted on March 1 1934(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 retaining one of two rivets, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked G. H. OSANG, DRESDEN, measuring 43. 18 mm (w) x 53. 95 mm (h), weighing 35. 0 grams, the eagle