Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type A, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive Engineer's (E) Wing - Three-colour

Engineer's (E) Wing - Three-colour embroidery on black wool

obverse centre depicting a red and white enameled Spanish coat of arms

75 and weighing 4

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

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type A, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive Engineer's (E) Wing - Three-colour(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