Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By G.h. Osang Archive marked Vienna 1873

marked Vienna 1873

Two red cotton panels sewn back to back

machine-embroidered SA Sports Badge-style insignia in the form of a sword and mobile swastika on top of an oak leaf wreath

a worn badge that remains better than very fine

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By G.h. Osang Archive marked Vienna 1873(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 flat wire catch, bearing an upside down makers mark of G. H. OSANG, DRESDEN, measuring 42.