Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type E, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Archive (Albrechtsorden Komturkreuz mit Schwertern)

(Albrechtsorden Komturkreuz mit Schwertern)

5 mm inclusive of its silver gilt coat-of-arms suspension

it has an interior diameter of 23 mm - suitable for a very large finger

A Second War American Bronze Star - Bronze

chipping evident in the white enamels on the target

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type E, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Archive (Albrechtsorden Komturkreuz mit Schwertern)(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered brass, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 43.