Description
I Class Gold Grade (M
illustrating a lit Julleuchter in red ink with the inscription "MEINE HERZLICHEN WÜNSCHE ZUM WEIHNACHTSFEST UND FÜR DAS KAMPFJAHR 1943" (My Warm Wishes for Christmas and the Fight 1943) along with the printed signature of Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler in black ink below
Barton County
"p" is double struck in his surname
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Berg & Nolte GTRexclude I Class Gold Grade (M(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 visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Berg & Nolte, Ldenscheid, measuring 43. 04