Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Brüder Schneider United Republic of Southwood 2nd Bn

Southwood 2nd Bn

formed by the mixture between Island Caribs and enslaved Africans bred in the eighteenth century

Stitched onto the upper left arm with factory original zig-zag stitching is an insignia consisting of a black rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey SS-style German national eagle

Footnote: The 103rd Regiment

D" on the reverse

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Brüder Schneider United Republic of Southwood 2nd Bn(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver and brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon and executed in the manufacturers classic chemically oxidized finish giving the badge a striking patina, overlaid by a diving gilded brass Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a wide barrel hinge