Germany, Heer. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Third Pattern, by C.E. Juncker visually-hidden huge resources of manpower and

huge resources of manpower and equipment were deployed in an attempt to exploit the modest successes of the first day

the rim has been engraved with the date MDCCCIXXXVI (1886) and SADIE R

spotting present on both sides

England) on the cap's maroon fabric dome

5 mm (w) x 46 mm (h) when placed together

Germany, Heer. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Third Pattern, by C.E. Juncker visually-hidden huge resources of manpower and(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen des Heeres). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular