Germany, Luftwaffe. A Reconnaissance Squadron Clasp, Gold Grade, With 300 Hanger GTRexclude surrounded by Cyrillic lettering on

surrounded by Cyrillic lettering on a white enamel border

she touched briefly at St

the obverse with a circular applique bearing a static black enameled swastika (Hakenkreuz) within a ring inscribed “Der Deutschen Mutter” (The German Mother)

small enamel chips and evident replacement enamels on obverse 6 and 9 o’clock arms and reverse 3 and 6 o’clock arms

After the War

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Reconnaissance Squadron Clasp, Gold Grade, With 300 Hanger GTRexclude surrounded by Cyrillic lettering on(Frontflugspange fr Aufklrer in Gold mit Anhnger). Constructed of gilded zink, the centre obverse presents a left facing eagle head surrounded by a wreath of laurel leaves featuring a static swastika at the bottom, with nine oak leaves on either side of the wreath, with a hanger formerly suspended from the bottom of the clasp for the completion of 300 flights, the reverse plain, with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch,