Heer Heads Up: Good Collection Filler

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Fallschirmsch?tzenabzeichen des Heeres

Fertigung aus echt Silber, Der Kranz vergoldet. Deutlich getragenes St?ck, die Nadel fehlt, r?ckseitig gestempelt "800".

Das St?ck wurde vom T?ger in der Kriegsgefangenschaft entnazifiziert.

Dabei Foto-Expertise von D.Niemann

Bestellnr.: 46492

Einzelpreis: 2.500,00 EUR

Don't worry about the Niemann Certificate of Authenticity. It's battered, broken and denazified but it is an absolutely genuine solid silver Type 2 Fallschirmsch?tzenabzeichen (Heer) by C E Juncker and, for ?2,500.00, would make a serious FJ collector a good collection filler until a better example comes along. It's on the Claus Phillip Militaria website: http://www.philipp-militaria.de

Go to the "Bis 1945" German awards section and click on Heer. The blurb states that the wearer denazified the badge when he was a POW. Perhaps the wearer's name is known. Unfortunately, his name and unit details have also been removed from the reverse of the wreath but, still, as I said, it's genuine and a good opportunity for someone without $12k or so to invest in one of these to have a representative example beside the aluminium and zinc versions.

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