Germany, Luftwaffe. A Cased Paratrooper Badge, Post-1957 Reissue Newly Listed and minor drawn modification of

and minor drawn modification of one of the subject’s heads

15 August 1905) on 29 January 1942 in Pettau (Ptuj)

He became the founder and first President of Czechoslovakia

Constructed of aluminum russian braid on a green Waffenfarbe wool backer

overall length approximately 36cm (or 14 inches)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Cased Paratrooper Badge, Post-1957 Reissue Newly Listed and minor drawn modification of(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Instituted on 5 November 1936 by Hermann Gring. (1936 1945). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, the obverse with a swooping Luftwaffe style German national eagle, the reverse with two rivets visible holding obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 41. 17 mm (w) x 53. 07 mm (h), weighing 33. 4 grams,