Italy, Kingdom. An Honour Badge of Italian Personnel Training in Germany, Silver Grade GTRexclude printed on Agfa postcard paper

printed on Agfa postcard paper and bearing a Wuppertal-Elberfeld studio mark

As a German bomber ace

Long trousers that were privately purchases could deviate from regulation by being piped with the branch colour the soldier belonged to

Fallschirmjäger/Paratrooper’s loyalty award (Fallschirmjägertreuekette)

Angolia & Adolf Schlight

Italy, Kingdom. An Honour Badge of Italian Personnel Training in Germany, Silver Grade GTRexclude printed on Agfa postcard paperConstructed of a silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a pair of crossed swords, superimposed over oak leaves, and overlaid by a central fasces defaced by a mobile swastika, the reverse featuring an off centre crimped disc accommodating a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 50. 00 mm (w) x 31. 37 mm (h), weighing 11. 8 grams, an unusually well preserved example of a rare badge in near extremely fine condition.