Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Hold NIVELLE (CHARLES GUNTER

NIVELLE (CHARLES GUNTER

the cemetery located twelve kilometres west of Ieper (Ypres)

second name from the left)

09 mm (w) x 40

brass three-prong suspension sewn to the reverse

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Hold NIVELLE (CHARLES GUNTER(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, 43. 84