A Large Bronze Luftwaffe Fighter Squadron Emblem From Ground Base Gate Archive The pommel and crossguard are

The pommel and crossguard are in exceptional condition

An American Navy Issue Medal of Honor

M31 leather liner with all eight fingers and the original tie string intact

and Republic: Artillery Badge (two-piece construction

A Large Bronze Luftwaffe Fighter Squadron Emblem From Ground Base Gate Archive The pommel and crossguard areMeasuring 19. 5 cm diameter, in solid cast bronze, showing usual and pleasing tarnishing from oxidization, very large and heavy, with three bronze post for attachment on reverse, very fine. Footnote: This would have been placed on the iron gate of a Jagdgeschwader hunting wing base. These were typically equipped with the Messerschmitt 109 or Fw 190 to provide close air support to Wehrmacht ground troops.