Footnote: The award has instituted in 1953 for national esteem and gratitude to all those who had actively participated in the final phase of the struggle for national independence
machine woven eagle in golden-yellow threads
during which he was shot down or forced to crash-land 17 times
on a 13 mm diameter black felt and disk base
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By C.e. Juncker Auction Footnote: The award has instituted(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 in place the obverse eagle, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, with an illegible etched owners name, measuring