Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Smock Eagle (Sumpfmuster '44 Camo) Archive 37 mm long pin

37 mm long pin

beside a rectangle with a stamp of the first letter of the owner’s surname

The Office of Naval Intelligence published an extensive series of identification manuals during the war years and pictures of models continued to be used for target angle pictures and identification

A 1933 Kreistreffen Colditz badge

Medal in iron

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Smock Eagle (Sumpfmuster '44 Camo) Archive 37 mm long pin(Luftwaffe Fallschirmjger Brustadler Sumpfmuster '44 camo). Eagle is constructed of light brown cotton twill, trimmed with tan coloured cotton threading the obverse bearing a machine embroidered, silver grey threaded Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 90 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition. Provenance Footnote: This item was brought to the United States as part of a souvenir lot in 1946 by Captain Glennon