Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short Range Night Fighter Clasp, Bronze Grade Auction Archive First Class pin back cross

First Class pin back cross

It held positions on the heights overlooking the Tekezé River during the Ethiopian Christmas Offensive

he was a recipient of the coveted Pour le Mérite

and Singapore: Armed Forces Long Service Medal

The first three awards are mounted together on a suspension with swing bar pinback

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short Range Night Fighter Clasp, Bronze Grade Auction Archive First Class pin back cross(Frontflugspange fr Nahnachtjger in Bronze). Instituted on 14 August 1942. A clasp constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse with a central motif of an upward pointing winged arrow, separately cast then riveted, a static swastika on the bottom of the blackened wreath, with nine oak leaves on either side of the wreath, the reverse with a slender horizontal pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch, measures 75. 97 mm (w) x 25. 59 mm (h), weighs 16.