Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Pilot’s Clasp, Silver Grade Newly Listed 176 Combat Regiment

176 Combat Regiment

The owner is Adolf Gerlach

framed by a silvered bronze open-ended wreath composed of a branch of laurel leaves at the left and a branch of oak leaves at the right

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Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Pilot’s Clasp, Silver Grade Newly Listed 176 Combat Regiment(Frontflugspange fr Kampf und Sturzkampfflieger in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse with a central downward pointing winged bomb and a static swastika on the bottom of the wreath, with nine laurel leaves on either side, reverse with a horizontal pinback and a barrel hinge meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 75. 68 mm (w) x 25. 46 mm (h), weighing 17. 9 grams, in near mint condition.