Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Archive with classic Meybauer set-up on

with classic Meybauer set-up on reverse

Leier arrived in Africa on March 31

39 mm x 44

Footnote 1: Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Archive with classic Meybauer set-up on(Fallschirmspringerabzeichen). Instituted on 5 November 1936 by Hermann Gring. (Issued 1936 1945). Consisting of an oval nickel silvered wreath, with laurel leaves on the left half of the wreath, and oak leaves on the right half of the wreath, with a central gilded tombak eagle clutching a mobile swastika in its talons, reverse marked with logo of maker Gebrder Schneider, Vienna, two rivets visible, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a