Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Buy Now blue denim with yellow piping

blue denim with yellow piping along edges

“MERENTI” is inscribed at the top

in turn meeting a silvered magnetic metal button

Footnote: William John Maitland was born on October 6

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Buy Now blue denim with yellow piping(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silver feinzink, 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with dual visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid,