Germany, Heer. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Third Pattern, by C.E. Juncker United Republic of with a slotted leather tab

with a slotted leather tab affixed to the clip securing the buckle to the body of the belt

1969 and were to receive the Purple Heart on May 21st

A replacement leather chin strap rests upon the visor

dated to Berlin on May 24

Germany, Heer. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Third Pattern, by C.E. Juncker United Republic of with a slotted leather tab(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen des Heeres). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a