1st Addition of 2011 - Paratrooper Badge

[John T]

Tom does this mean?:

The German Luftwaffe & Heer Paratrooper Badges of World War II

Releasing March 15th, 2011

[Thomas Durante]

Hahah, you threw me for a loop there John! For a second I didn't know what was going on

Nope, the books are still on schedule for February 15th release.....and ofcourse this type of rare Deumer variant is included in the book. Even though I only knew of 3 examples while writing the book, I was luckily able to handle and study two of them in hand and was VERY fortunate for my good from Eric Stahl to let me borrow his absolutely gorgeous, mint example to photograph and feature in the para book. His badge was the most stunning LW example I had the pleasure of photographing for the book, just a well made badge. Thanks again Eric!

Here is a snapshot from the Paratrooper Badge book of the section at the end of the Deumer chapter, where I show the comparison between the 3 similar eagle designs of Assmann, Juncker & Deumer.

Tom

[Mark C.]

very nice,congrats

[AFF96]

Great, rare badge Tom! But showing a sneek peek of your new book is pure torture
Congrats on the rare bird & counting the days until 02.15.11!
Greg

[John T]

Those are great comparison shots, Tom this will be the most anticipated badge book of the year.

[Daniel.C]

Beautiful catch Tom!!!!!
Dan.C

[Max_Porter]

Hello all,

as already shown in the GCA-Forum here is my early Deumer (thanks again to Tom Durante for identifying it as I allways thought of owning an unmarked Assmann). I´m happy!

Enjoy it.


Best Regards

Max_Porter

[Thomas Durante]

A real beauty Max, ultra rare Deumer you have there in excellent, mint condition. Absolutely gorgeous

Tom

[ChrisH]

Max, you are a lucky guy , outstanding para

[Silver]

Max and Tom,


my congrats on both of you!!

Very rare and nice early Para's!!

KR
Thomas

[Marc Garlasco]

Tom,
You know when you showed it to me day one I was super happy for you. Congrats on an amazing find. Shows that study pays off.
Marc