Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer, Ludenscheid United Republic of Royal Canadian Engineers (blue lettering

Royal Canadian Engineers (blue lettering screen-printed on red canvas

48 mm x 72 mm)

10) Order of Franz Joseph ribbon

missing its vertical pinback assembly

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer, Ludenscheid United Republic of Royal Canadian Engineers (blue lettering(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Instituted on 5 November 1936 by Hermann Gring. Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets holding the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked P. MEYBAUER BERLIN on reverse, measuring 42. 72 mm