Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short Range Night Fighter Clasp, Bronze Grade Hold 70 mm x 94 mm

70 mm x 94 mm x 14 mm

inscribed “FÜR VERDIENST” ("FOR MERIT") in raised lettering

1915 in Sydney Mines

Generalleutnant Friedrich Christiansen

inside liner fabricated from brown cotton

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short Range Night Fighter Clasp, Bronze Grade Hold 70 mm x 94 mm(Frontflugspange fr Nahnachtjger in Bronze). Instituted on 14 August 1942. A clasp constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse with a central motif of an upward pointing winged arrow, separately cast then riveted, a static swastika on the bottom of the blackened wreath, with nine oak leaves on either side of the wreath, the reverse with a slender horizontal pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch, measures 75. 97 mm (w) x 25. 59 mm (h), weighs 16.