Germany, Federal Republic. A Luftwaffe Parachute Badge, 1957 Version, c. 1965 certificate_of_authenticity the cover bearing the coat-of-arms

the cover bearing the coat-of-arms of the Kingdom of Serbs

A miniature constructed of gilt bronze and enamels

the lower half overlaid by Detmer’s handwritten signature

He was killed by friendly fire in the vicinity of Leningrad on 22 January 1942

Germany, Federal Republic. A Luftwaffe Parachute Badge, 1957 Version, c. 1965 certificate_of_authenticity the cover bearing the coat-of-arms(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Re instituted on July 26th, 1957. Constructed of silvered and gilded tombac, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch that is bent and does not allow the pinback to open, unmarked, measuring