Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type C, by Friedrich Linden Republic of Footnote: The 18th Infantry Battalion

Footnote: The 18th Infantry Battalion was raised and mobilized in London

A gilded bronze

also lost were 0-659415 First Lieutenant (Pilot) John Blakeslee Thomas

and entitled to wear the War Service Badge (General Service Class)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type C, by Friedrich Linden Republic of Footnote: The 18th Infantry Battalion(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two flattened rivets securing the eagle in position, with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oval base, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of