Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Cloth Version certificate_of_authenticity Constructed of a cut-out field-grey

Constructed of a cut-out field-grey wool backer

maker marked on reverse of pin B

He was a resident of Winnipeg when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (147566) with the 78th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers"

with an intact short quillion and full muzzle ring

0 mm (l) excluding the fixed loop

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Cloth Version certificate_of_authenticity Constructed of a cut-out field-grey(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a golden yellow diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 58 mm (w) x 64 mm (h), the reverse demonstrating the remnants of an adhesive consistent with previous display, in near extremely fine condition.