Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Pilot’s Clasp, Gold Grade GTRexclude Wound Badge-Black Grade

Wound Badge-Black Grade

one of the premier test pilots of the Luftwaffe and among the few people to have tested the Me 163 and Me 262 Jet Fighters

Comes with an expert evaluation from Detlev Niemann

original non-combat ribbon

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Pilot’s Clasp, Gold Grade GTRexclude Wound Badge-Black Grade(Frontflugspange fr Kampf und Sturzkampfflieger in Gold). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a central winged bomb, inside of a round laurel leaf joined together at the bottom by a swastika, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 76. 12 mm (w) x 25. 54 mm (h), weighing 17. 3 grams, in near extremely fine condition.