Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Cloth Version, Type 3 Auction Small Arms Factory

Small Arms Factory

The last of the "Toronto companies" were the 11th and 9th

A few thousand of the remaing helmets of this type were steam rolled over and used as land fill in order to make new barracks

3 Clasps - AFRIQUE

01 mm (w) x 42

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Cloth Version, Type 3 Auction Small Arms Factory(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of dark grey blue wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a machine embroidered golden yellow diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a Type 3 badge, measuring 50 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.