Germany, Luftwaffe. A Cased Paratrooper Badge, Post-1957 Reissue Newly Listed Miniatrue Medal of the Royal

Miniatrue Medal of the Royal Merit Order of St

First Class - A nicely worn example in blackened iron

but removed from the ribbon

1945 and awarded to officers in the Peoples Army or of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for singular merit

edith Calvell

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Cased Paratrooper Badge, Post-1957 Reissue Newly Listed Miniatrue Medal of the Royal(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Instituted on 5 November 1936 by Hermann Gring. (1936 1945). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, the obverse with a swooping Luftwaffe style German national eagle, the reverse with two rivets visible holding obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 41. 17 mm (w) x 53. 07 mm (h), weighing 33. 4 grams,