Germany. A Hohenzollern 40-Year Merit Badge, C.1935 GTRexclude A WWII 3rd Parachute Battalion

A WWII 3rd Parachute Battalion Shoulder Flash

the obverse featuring an enameled crowned Mexico City’s coat of arms

Accompanied by a copy of the Third Supplement to the London Gazette 20851 of December 5

War Medal 1939-1945 and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp for his WWII service

on a 21 mm in diameter rosette with screwback

Germany. A Hohenzollern 40-Year Merit Badge, C.1935 GTRexclude A WWII 3rd Parachute Battalion(Dienstabzeichen fr 40 Jahre). Instituted 16 November 1935 by the House of Hohenzollern. (1935 present issue). Constructed of silver with gilt, vertical pinback, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a royal crown, overlaid by a gilt monogram, the pinback with a silver content mark of 900, measuring 20. 40 mm (w) x 32. 55 mm (h), weighing 5. 7 grams, in near extremely fine