AUCTION # 33 ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOR & DECORATIONS

A NAZI GERMAN PRE-WAR LUFTWAFFE PARACHUTIST BADGE

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Start price: $500

Estimated price: $1,000 - $1,500

Buyer's premium: 28%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

Air Force version awarded to Luftwaffe personnel after completion of the required number of six jumps. Established by order of Hermann Goring on 5 November 1936. The badge depicts a gilt diving eagle with a swastika in its claws surrounded by a silvered wreath. Marked on verso with the maker C.E. Juncker, Berlin S. W. Circa 1937 or 1938. With a vertical tapered pin back with an integral hinge and a crimped flat wire catch.

Dimensions: L:2 3/16 in., (5.5 cm.)

Condition: E.