Germany, Luftwaffe. A Front Flying Clasp For Transport And Glider Pilots, Silver Grade United Republic of Instituted 1917

Instituted 1917

WWII Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Navigator Bombadier's (N

the reverse centre presents a gilded medallion depicting the Royal Monogram of Wilhelm Rex

matching  the hilt fittings

England and France with the 19th Infantry Battalion

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Front Flying Clasp For Transport And Glider Pilots, Silver Grade United Republic of Instituted 1917(Frontflugspange fr Transport und Luftlandflieger in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle in mid flight and clutching a mobile swastika, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 77. 40 mm (w) x 25.