Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity An extremely well preserved early

An extremely well preserved early example of a NSDAP (National Socialist German Worker’s Party/Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) member’s armband

and depicting die-flaws specific to this maker

61 mm (w) x 59

Vienna (Austria) became part of the RKB with the Anschluss on March 12

He was struck off strength of 25 Company

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity An extremely well preserved early(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink with brass, 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, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by