Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive (Orden Philipps des Großmüthigen

(Orden Philipps des Großmüthigen

He was promoted to the rank of Major on September 24

inscribed "FOCH" above and "1918" below

influenced by Jelačić

along with one rank pip each

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive (Orden Philipps des Großmüthigen(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink with brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by