Germany, Federal Republic. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, 1957 Version, With Stick Pin Miniature Newly Listed with light blue rayon “Waffenfarbe”

with light blue rayon “Waffenfarbe” piping (indicating Turkestan Legion)

Cavalry (Cavalleggeri) Badge - Die-stamped white metal

After serving with the 54th Infantry Battalion for twenty months in the French theatre

topped by the firm’s double crane logo

Germany, Federal Republic. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, 1957 Version, With Stick Pin Miniature Newly Listed with light blue rayon “Waffenfarbe”(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen mit Anstecknadel). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 70 mm (w) x 53. 35 mm (h), weighing 33. 7 grams, in