Original WWII German Luftwaffe Paratrooper Badge In Cloth Certified

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Original WWII German Luftwaffe Paratrooper’s Badge In Cloth Certified. As a result of observations of the Russian experimentation with the newly developing paratroop personnel in 1928 the Germans began serious consideration of also developing paratroop units and plans were drawn up for formation of such units in late 1935. Both the Luftwaffe and Army eventually established paratrooper units, consisting of voluntary personnel, on January 29TH 1936 and March 31ST 1937 respectively and a paratroop training school was established at Stendal in early 1937. The Paratrooper’s qualification badge was instituted by Hermann Göring on November 5TH 1936 for award to Luftwaffe personnel who had written the required tests and completed six parachute jumps. Individuals who were awarded the badge were obligated to re-qualify annually in order to retain it. On May 2ND 1944 award of the badge was extended to include Luftwaffe medical, administrative and legal personnel who had passed the required tests and completed one parachute jump. As with most other Luftwaffe qualification badges a cloth version of the paratroopers badge was authorized for wear on the flight blouse with a machine embroidered pattern for EM/NCO’s and a hand embroidered pattern for Officers. A EM/NCO Luftwaffe Fallschirmjager Badge in Cloth.  It is constructed out of machine embroidered yellow and white cotton threads on a blue-grey wool backing. The obverse depicts a yellow diving Luftwaffe eagle, clutching a swastika within its talons, and is above by a half laurel leaf and berry, half oak leaf and acorn wreath that is tied together at the bottom. It shows some minor storage wear as expected. Nice bright colors remain!. 100% Guaranteed to be authentic Complete museum documentation (COA) Provided. Certified by The Gettysburg Museum of   History.   Please see our   other items.    Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers. Classic German Paratrooper Badge!