Germany, Army. A Wehrmacht Paratrooper Badge, by C.E. Juncker - 3rd Pattern Buy Now scattered silvering loss but overall

scattered silvering loss but overall better than very fine condition

Acid-etched onto the obverse of the blade is a detailed unit dedication of “ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT - GEBIRGS-PIONIER BATAILLON 54” (“IN MEMORY OF MY SERVICE TIME - 54th MOUNTAIN PIONEER BATTALION”)

(presumably Reichs-Leitung) im Hauptamt für Kommunalpolitik)

The brief tour to Milan finished on July 25

1970 by Jean-Bedel Bokassa

Germany, Army. A Wehrmacht Paratrooper Badge, by C.E. Juncker - 3rd Pattern Buy Now scattered silvering loss but overall(Heeres Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Third Pattern (aka 1943 Brandenburg'' version). A two piece badge, constructed of zink, the obverse with a gilded wreath of oak leaves tied with a ribbon at the bottom, topped by a Wehrmacht style eagle with outstretched wings clutching a mobile swastika in its talons, riveted to the wreath is a plummeting eagle, the reverse missing its short block hinge and pin, but retaining its long catch, which, together with