Germany, Heer. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Third Pattern, by C.E. Juncker certificate_of_authenticity Army of the Air Observer

Army of the Air Observer Badge (two-piece construction

constructed of a lacquered black vulcanfibre shell

5 mm (h) stars in silver gilt and white enamels

1877 in London

a fine photo in good condition

Germany, Heer. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Third Pattern, by C.E. Juncker certificate_of_authenticity Army of the Air Observer(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen des Heeres). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a