Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Archive to militarize the workforce

to militarize the workforce

The Soldbuch is dated to February 13

(english title in pen on side of carton)

with classic Meybauer set-up on reverse

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Archive to militarize the workforce(Fallschirmspringerabzeichen). Instituted on 5 November 1936 by Hermann Gring. (Issued 1936 1945). Consisting of an oval nickel silvered wreath, with laurel leaves on the left half of the wreath, and oak leaves on the right half of the wreath, with a central gilded tombak eagle clutching a mobile swastika in its talons, reverse marked with logo of maker Gebrder Schneider, Vienna, two rivets visible, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a