Germany, Federal Republic. A Luftwaffe Parachute Badge, 1957 Version, c. 1965 United Republic of two Enlisted Man's Cap Badges

two Enlisted Man's Cap Badges

with three die-holes for uniform attachment on the chest

II Class Medal of Merit (Vapaudenristin suurristi): in bronze

Footnote: The Mussert Cross was instituted in 1942 by the Nationaal Socialistische Beweging (NSB) [the National Socialist Movement of Antoon Mussert]

and miniature in silver-gilt (10mm x 23mm)

Germany, Federal Republic. A Luftwaffe Parachute Badge, 1957 Version, c. 1965 United Republic of two Enlisted Man's Cap Badges(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Re instituted on July 26th, 1957. Constructed of silvered and gilded tombac, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch that is bent and does not allow the pinback to open, unmarked, measuring