Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Fallschirmjäger Badge, Cloth Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac suspended from a single-toe horizontal

suspended from a single-toe horizontal medal bar from a correct replacement ribbon

It was rewarded to distinguished Luftwaffe ground troop members who had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class and the Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge

with a flattened u-shaped finial

to honour and to endorse pilgrimage to the Holy Places of Christianity in Palestine

Footnote: This badge was brought back after the Second World War by Charles Lewis Barnes

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Fallschirmjäger Badge, Cloth Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac suspended from a single-toe horizontal(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, and overlaid by a golden yellow diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 54 mm (w) x 68 mm (h), in unissued and near mint condition.