The pommel exhibits contact marks on the end
and a loop without its ribbon
the left collar tab displays a single silvered rank pip on a black wool upper
finest quality manufacture and extremely fine/near mint condition
4th Class (silver gilt with blue enamels
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Friedrich Linden Hold The pommel exhibits contact marks(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink with gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden,