France, Republic. A Lot Of Four Paratrooper Badges GTRexclude Footnote: The Century of Progress

Footnote: The Century of Progress International Exposition was a World's Fair registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)

stamped with illegible Japanese writing

also securing the two-piece blackened leather chin strap to the helmet

Constructed of silver aluminum bullion machine embroidery in the shape of a national eagle with open wings clutching a wreathed mobile swastika superimposed on a wooden wheel

66 mm (w) x 102

France, Republic. A Lot Of Four Paratrooper Badges GTRexclude Footnote: The Century of ProgressFree French Paratrooper Badge (reproduction, in silvered and gold coloured bullion wire, in various textures, with light blue embroidery, black threading giving definition to the parachute and wings, on a black felt base, black paper backer, measuring 89 mm (w) x 37 mm (h)); two Paratrooper Badges (in silvered and gold coloured bullion wire, in various textures, black threading giving definition to the parachute and wings, on a black felt base, black