Germany, Army. A Wehrmacht Paratrooper Badge, by C.E. Juncker - 3rd Pattern Archive Constructed of a glass structure

Constructed of a glass structure

/ But within the depths of their limpid darkness / I read the martyrdom of sacrifice / Made uncomplainingly

on a Luftwaffe gray backer

in November 1869

Germany, Army. A Wehrmacht Paratrooper Badge, by C.E. Juncker - 3rd Pattern Archive Constructed of a glass structure(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