Original German WWII Luftwaffe Paratrooper Fallschirmjäger Badge by Paul Meybauer with Broken Catch - Parachutist Badge Discount and Chaplino-Berdyansk (1898)

and Chaplino-Berdyansk (1898)

The bore still clearly shows the original three groove rifling

acts as a low-pressure chamber

The exterior of these is usually "fuzzy"

Calbraith Perry Rodgers covered the 6953 kilometers (4321 miles) in 82 hours and 2 minutes flying time at an average speed of 84 kilometers per hour (52 miles per hour) with seventy landings en route

Original German WWII Luftwaffe Paratrooper Fallschirmjäger Badge by Paul Meybauer with Broken Catch - Parachutist Badge Discount and Chaplino-Berdyansk (1898)Original Item: Only One Available. This is a fine quality manufactured example of a Paratrooper Fallschrimjger badge, with a lovely patinated finish overall. The basic design is a half Oak Leaf and half Laurel Leaf wreath, with a "Diving Eagle" clutching a Swas (hook cross) in the middle. It looks to be of zinc construction, which originally was silver washed on the wreath and gold washed on the eagle. Most of the original finish has worn away or