Badge of "The Fallschirmkorps"

made of sheet metal in the shape of a parachute, enamelled in the colors of the German flag, safety pin on the reverse; complete with its original paper envelope with the manufacturer's marks, G. Bregonzio" of Milan, the firm to which these insignia were commissioned by the German Military Command on the Italian theater of war. A photograph of Feldmarschall Albert Kesserling is known and published sporting this badge on the left side of his field cap