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    #1

    Luftwaffe Parachute badge

    I recently saw for sale the following parachute badge, guaranteed authentic:

    - Pre-war type, 900 silver bronze coloured eagle,800 silver wreath.Engraved on wreath"Fallschirm-Inf-Btl, Otto Menges" Very scarce.

    - Early type,brass wreath & pin,800 silver eagle, maker "Osang,Dresden",very scarce!

    Did this type of award exist? Should I proceed with caution?

    Cheers
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    Hello,

    the APB are only produeced by the Firm C.E. Juncker. Osang never made these badges.

    Greetings

    Heinrich

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      Colin

      I would very much doubt this to be an original.

      It sounds all wrong....

      I don't think Osang made the parabadge pre-war;
      The silver content '800' and '900' would be strange... (why have 2 different silver contents on the same badge?);
      Never heard of a solid silver luft parabadge, only an '800' army para bdage by Juncker;
      This sounds like a typical 'jewellers copy' badge from ... dare I say it... Manions

      Those are my thoughts...not only would I advise caution, I'd also advise looking elsewhere!

      Rich
      Last edited by Rich G; 07-04-2002, 02:57 AM.
      Interested in hand-stitched EM/NCO LW insignia and cuff-titles
      Decorations of Germany

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        #4
        I asked the same question awile back about the silver Luftwaffe para badge. Proceed with caution? No, do not proceed.

        IMHO
        Greg

        The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.




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          #5
          Thanks for the replies

          I think I will leave these alone as advised, they are not cheap, and probably not worth the risk. However I am sure they come with a dealers guarantee, so it makes me wonder what a guarantee is worth!! I was keen on the first badge because it offered a researchable item, and research is my interest as I have a few Luftwaffe document sets.

          Regards

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