an early German-made example intended for issue to a member of the White émigre community in near extremely fine condition
to honour and to endorse pilgrimage to the Holy Places of Christianity in Palestine
It was rewarded to distinguished Luftwaffe ground troop members who had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class and the Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge
suspended from a single-toe horizontal medal bar from a correct replacement ribbon
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Fallschirmjäger Badge, Cloth Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac an early German-made example intended(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, and overlaid by a golden yellow diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 54 mm (w) x 68 mm (h), in unissued and near mint condition.