Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By G.h. Osang Auction A 1933-1934 Winter-Hilfe Gau Westfalen-Nord

A 1933-1934 Winter-Hilfe Gau Westfalen-Nord “Hitler’s Dank” (Hitler’s gratitude for helping in the Winteraid)

the reverse inscribed “ZUR ERINNERUNG AN 50 JAHRE ARBEIT IM DIENSTE DEUTSCHER INDUSTRIE UND WISSENSCHAFT” (German - In memory for 50 years of labour in the German Industrial and Science Sector”

being replaced by the National Order of Benin

1938" in a large rectangle

and the following year he was made Obergefreiter

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By G.h. Osang Auction A 1933-1934 Winter-Hilfe Gau Westfalen-Nord(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, maker marked G. H. OSANG, DRESDEN, measuring 42. 08 mm (w) x 53. 27 mm (h),