Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Friedrich Linden Archive The 217th Infantry Battalion was

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Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Friedrich Linden Archive The 217th Infantry Battalion was(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and gilded 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 obverse eagle in place, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of manufacture by