Germany, Luftwaffe. A Squadron Clasp for Transport and Glider Pilots, Silver Grade

Item #G43750

$400
(Frontflugspange für Transport und Luftlandflieger in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle in mid-flight clutching a mobile swastika, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a visible rivet holding the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 76.33 mm (w) x 25.52 mm (h), weighing 23.3 grams, in near extremely fine condition.