Germany, Heer. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Third Pattern, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive flanked on each side by

flanked on each side by arabesque designs with centrepieces consisting of a pair of crossed rifles overlaid by a Stahlhelm and a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

fabricated from captured weapons materials

along with extremely light soiling on the sweatband

Hein died on October 25

36 mm (w) x 19

Germany, Heer. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Third Pattern, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive flanked on each side by(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen des Heeres). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a