Germany, Army. A Wehrmacht Paratrooper Badge, by C.E. Juncker - 3rd Pattern Republic of padded into a winter liner

padded into a winter liner

trimmed in aluminum wire with black thread highlights

The 41st and 42nd Battalions were depot battalions stationed in Plymouth

21 mm x 27

Germany, Army. A Wehrmacht Paratrooper Badge, by C.E. Juncker - 3rd Pattern Republic of padded into a winter liner(Heeres Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Third Pattern (aka 1943 Brandenburg'' version). A two piece badge, constructed of zink, the obverse with a gilded wreath of oak leaves tied with a ribbon at the bottom, topped by a Wehrmacht style eagle with outstretched wings clutching a mobile swastika in its talons, riveted to the wreath is a plummeting eagle, the reverse missing its short block hinge and pin, but retaining its long catch, which, together with