Kampfspiele der Nordsee badge
with moderate to heavy scratches common to extraction and return to the scabbard
often referred to by collectors as a “reverse decal” helmet
the obverse with a raised and finely-detailed rightward-facing profile of King Albert of Saxony
He would be discharged from hospital in September 1916 and return to the 3rd that October
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Cloth Version Archive Kampfspiele der Nordsee badge(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of padded dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a silver grey machine embroidered laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a diving golden yellow machine embroidered Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 52 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.