Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type C, Refurbished Example by Paul Maybauer visually-hidden one of which lines up

one of which lines up with a hole on an adjacent narrow brown cotton panel

an etched flowing thistle motif on the blade that parallels the fullers

the car was slow moving

both lugs partially severed

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type C, Refurbished Example by Paul Maybauer visually-hidden one of which lines up(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval 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 replacement crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting an original round wire catch, maker marked P. MEYBAUER, BERLIN, measuring 42. 57