Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück, Wartime-Compatible Example in Cupal Auction Archive 5 mm (w) x 63

5 mm (w) x 63 mm (h) inclusive of its crown and laterally-pierced ball suspension

Footnote: The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) derives from the Montreal Volunteer Cavalry (formed in the late eighteenth century)

35 mm x 95 mm

The reverse ricasso features a transitional maker’s mark

Measuring 20 mm x 140 mm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück, Wartime-Compatible Example in Cupal Auction Archive 5 mm (w) x 63(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of cupal, 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 barrel hinge and non magnetic vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oblong plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a A Type