Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Bomber Clasp, Gold Grade, by Richard Simm & Söhne Auction Archive scratches and tape residue evident

scratches and tape residue evident on the reverse

nearly very fine and better

with the dual black ribbons at the rear having been lost to time

and include oxidation of the blade and other metal features

69 mm (h - inclusive of integral ring)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Bomber Clasp, Gold Grade, by Richard Simm & Söhne Auction Archive scratches and tape residue evident(Frontflugspange fr Kampf und Sturzkampfflieger in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a central circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a swastika, surrounding a central winged bomb executed in silvered tombak, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the bomb in position, with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire