Armourer Trade Badge (light blue embroidery on grayish blue wool
" and "MCMXVIII" (1918) on the reverse
unissued and mint condition
above an inscription of “BENE MERENTI”
Latin script "Reichsführer-SS" embroidered in silvery-grey rayon threads
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge Hold Armourer Trade Badge (light blue(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets holding the obverse eagle in place, with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 48 mm (w) x 53. 33 mm (h), weighing 43. 4 grams, period repair evident to the catch, in