Germany, Federal Republic. A Luftwaffe Parachute Badge, 1957 Version, c. 1965 Republic of wear and stain on reverse

wear and stain on reverse of medal

Om bronze gilt

maker marked “RS & S” for “Richard Simm & Söhne” on the reverse

the exterior bearing a raised depiction of the city of Mostar with the famous Stari Most (Old Bridge) at the centre

one is in the process of being dug out of the snow

Germany, Federal Republic. A Luftwaffe Parachute Badge, 1957 Version, c. 1965 Republic of wear and stain on reverse(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