Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Archive and Iron Cross 1914 (silvered

and Iron Cross 1914 (silvered bronze and black enamels

(english title in pen on side of carton)

Herbert Sutcliffe

39 mm x 44

hard cover booklet listing his clothing and equipment

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Archive and Iron Cross 1914 (silvered(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