Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type A, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive when she was retired from

when she was retired from front-line service and converted into a submarine tender

Machine embroidered in light grey cotton threads on a bluish-grey Luftwaffe base

75 and weighing 4

WARADINER” with a golden-yellow threaded underlay

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type A, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive when she was retired from(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 diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oblong plate, unmarked but demonstrating the