Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short-Range Day Fighter Clasp, Gold Grade, by Richard Simm & Söhne
(Frontflugspange für Jäger in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a central circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a swastika, around a central winged and upward-pointing arrow, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the obverse arrow in place, with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo-style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the log of Richard Simm & Söhne, Gablonz, measuring 77.00 mm (w) x 26.00 mm (h), weighing 14.6 grams, demonstrating the loss of most of the original gilt finish, in very fine condition.

