Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By G.h. Osang, C.1944 GTRexclude an anchor (made in Birmingham)

an anchor (made in Birmingham)

Commander - Two-piece construction

and participated in several actions/battles during 1870/71 Franco-Prussian War

1st Class - In bronze gilt and enamels

That while in the trenches in October 1915

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By G.h. Osang, C.1944 GTRexclude an anchor (made in Birmingham)(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Instituted on 5 November 1936. An oval badge constructed of a zink wreath of oak leaves on the left side and laurel leaves on the right, tied with a ribbon at the bottom, riveted to the wreath is a gilded brass plummeting eagle with a swastika in its claws, the reverse presents a missing vertical pinback, maker mark G. H. Osang Dresden on eagles reverse, measures 41. 42 mm (w) x 53. 19 mm (h), weighs 29. 2 grams, and in