Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short-Range Night Fighter Flying Clasp, Silver Grade
(Frontflugspange für Nahnachtjäger in Silver). Constructed of blackened and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a central blackened circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a swastika, around a central bronzed winged arrow, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a central visible rivet securing the obverse arrow in place, with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 76.86 mm (w) x 25.76 mm (h), weighing 17.1 grams, with near total loss of the black and silver finish evident in addition to some bending over the structure, in very fine condition.

