Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type A, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive encompassed by a machine embroidered

encompassed by a machine embroidered oak leaf border in silver-aluminum wire thread

when she was retired from front-line service and converted into a submarine tender

Machine embroidered in light grey cotton threads on a bluish-grey Luftwaffe base

with blue enamel surround depicting laurels and motto ""Virtute""

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type A, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive encompassed by a machine embroidered(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 diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oblong plate, unmarked but demonstrating the