20 ans du Fallschirmsportring Süd
1978 year| Silver (.9999) | 20 g | 40 mm |
| Location | Federal Republic of Germany |
|---|---|
| Type | Medals › Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1978 |
| Composition | Silver (.9999) |
| Weight | 20 g |
| Diameter | 40 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-14 |
| Numista | N#422667 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Stylized view with church and parachutes.
Edge
Plain
Comment
The Airborne/Aerial Transport School (LL/LTrspS from February 1958 to December 31, 2015 for Airborne/Aerial Transport School; LL/LTS from July 1, 2015 to March 31, 2021 for Airborne/Aerial Transport Training Base; AusbStpLL/LTrsp) is located at the Altenstadt military airfield in Upper Bavaria and is one of the German army's training centers. It is an important training center for airborne and air transport, parachute jump training and survival training in a variety of conditions. The airborne/air transport school is subordinate to the Hammelburg infantry school...
Translated from https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftlande-/Lufttransportschule and see more...
Tapejara's comment:
Military men also often jump in civilian life as a hobby. The medal is not directly related to the military.
For us, it would be the FFP, Fédération Française de Parachutisme Sportif.
In 1958, it's possible that there was no authority other than the army to supervise para activity.
So jumps, even sport jumps, were eventually under the army banner, before later coming under civilian control.
