Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Pilot’s Clasp with Star Pendant, Gold Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne

Item #G37999

$531
(Frontflugspange für Kampf- und Sturzkampfflieger in Gold, mit “200” Anhänger). Instituted on 30 January 1941 by Reichsmarschall Herman Göring. Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse with a central downward-sloping winged bomb in patinated tombak within a laurel wreath, with a swastika on the bottom of the wreath and nine oak leaves on either side of the wreath, including the hanger with the numeral “200” suspended from the clasp, on the reverse to the left of the hinge “S.&S.”, a magnetic horizontal tapering pin with a barrel hinge and a magnetic round wire catch, measuring 36.33 mm (w) x 76.87 mm (h), weighing 20.5 grams, showing some tarnishing on the reverse, and in very fine condition.