A 1935 Hj Youth Festival Sports Participation Badge Auction The 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion

The 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion became the second unit assigned to the fledgling 2nd Parachute Brigade

two Eagle Shields with minor enamel chipping)

He was posted to the Manitoba Regimental Depot at Shorncliffe and admitted to 4th London General Hospital on the 25th

Swiss made by Huguenin

A 1935 Hj Youth Festival Sports Participation Badge Auction The 5th (Scottish) Parachute BattalionA 1935 HJ Youth Sport Festival Reichssportwettkampf badge; in aluminum; the obverse with a standard HJ diamond, with a swastika in its centre, surrounded by an oval wreath of oak leaves, and with a ribbon banner on the bottom; inscribed 1935; vertical pinback; maker marked Ferdinand Wagner, Pforzheim on the reverse; measuring 24 mm x 13 mm; better than very fine condition.