Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity with Botham achieving the rank

with Botham achieving the rank of Petty Officer one week later

a description of the various actions he was involved with in the Great War

inscribed “K

28 mm x 65 mm

8 mm x 19 mm)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity with Botham achieving the rank(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 swooping gilded Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with two visible rivets holding the obverse eagle in place, marked with the logo of maker F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid,