Germany, Wehrmacht. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Owner-Attributed Type I by C.E. Juncker, with Case and Paperwork

(Fallschirmschützenabzeichen mit Etui und Papiere). 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 diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from an oblong plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a Type I badge produced by C.E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring 42.17 mm (w) x 52.85 mm (h), weighing 29.8 grams, accompanied by its original presentation case, constructed of a rigid card stock frame with a faux blue leather liner, the lid bearing a gilt inscription of “FALLSCHIRMSCHUTZEN=ABZEICHEN”, the interior with a blue rayon lid liner and intact hinge cover, with a slotted blue felt medal bed, closing with a functional metal spring catch with exterior stud release, unmarked, measuring 75 mm (w) x 75 mm (l) x 25 mm (h), demonstrating loss of finish throughout the base metal, in very fine condition.

Accompanied by a large studio portrait of the recipient, depicted in the uniform of a Heer Gebirgsjäger with the rank of Leutnant, wearing the accompanying Fallschirmjäger Badge, in addition to the 1939 Iron Cross in both II and I Classes, Infantry Assault Badge in Silver, Silver Grade Wound Badge, and Narvik Shield, the reverse bearing a handwritten date of “1943/4”, measuring 17.5 cm (w) x 23 cm (h), with a death notice to Parteigenosse (Party Member) Karl Scheließnig, an Oberleutnant der Reserve and recipient of the 1939 Iron Cross in both II and I Classes, Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Wound Badge, Fallschirmjäger Badge, and other decorations, a veteran of the campaigns in Poland, Norway, and Finland, who was killed in action on 10 February 1945 at the age of 28, measuring 14.5 cm (w) x 20.5 cm (h), with a wedding invitation, named to Scheließnig and his bride Ingeborg Pachleitner, dated February 1943, measuring 14.5 cm (w) x 9 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.