Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction small spots of rust

small spots of rust

and the inner layer with white enamels

but these proposals came to nothing in the face of Allied offensives against the Ottomans on three fronts (the Dardanelles

A Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) Propaganda Badge

measuring 43 mm x 57 mm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction small spots of rust(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink with gilded tombak, 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 the eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden,