Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge United Republic of Footnote: The 30th Infantry Division

Footnote: The 30th Infantry Division "Sabauda" was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during the Second World War

39mm(w) x 48mm(h)

A round medal constructed of gilded copper

Footnote: The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI = The World Air Sports Federation) is the world governing body for air sports

Rudolf August Demme (1894–1975) was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge United Republic of Footnote: The 30th Infantry Division(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Instituted on 5 November 1936 by Hermann Gring. (Issued 1936 1945). Constructed of silvered feinzink wreath, with laurel leaves on the left half of the wreath, and oak leaves on the right half of the wreath, with a central gilded tombak eagle clutching a mobile swastika in its talons, the reverse with two rivets holding eagle in place visible, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, measuring