Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type C, by Friedrich Linden Republic of Footnote: The 18th Infantry Battalion

Footnote: The 18th Infantry Battalion was raised and mobilized in London

if there was to be no first contingent medal

and entitled to wear the War Service Badge (General Service Class)

He was a Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) with No

A gilded bronze

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type C, by Friedrich Linden Republic of Footnote: The 18th Infantry Battalion(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered 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 flattened rivets securing the eagle in position, with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oval base, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of