Germany, Federal Republic. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, 1957 Version, With Stick Pin Miniature Newly Listed 1844 at Windsor

1844 at Windsor

The exterior bears a hooked tongue for insertion into a frog

(Medalha de Coroação do Rei Dom Carlos I)

when he supported the sending of the Blue Division to fight along with the Wehrmacht on the Russian front

Prior to enlisting he worked as a plate layer

Germany, Federal Republic. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, 1957 Version, With Stick Pin Miniature Newly Listed 1844 at Windsor(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen mit Anstecknadel). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 70 mm (w) x 53. 35 mm (h), weighing 33. 7 grams, in