Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Hold brass three-prong suspension sewn to

brass three-prong suspension sewn to the reverse

but with multiple stress rips in the rayon from handling

second name from the left)

the cemetery located twelve kilometres west of Ieper (Ypres)

the obverse with a central inscription of “FÜR BESONDERE LEISTUNG - DER KOMMANDIERENDE GENERAL UND BEFEHLSHABER IM LUFTGAU NORWEGEN” (“FOR SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS - THE COMMANDING GENERAL OF AIR DISTRICT NORWAY”)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Hold brass three-prong suspension sewn to(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, 43. 84