Germany, Federal Republic. A Luftwaffe Short Range Day Fighter Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, 1957 Version Newly Listed 1945 and signed in blue

1945 and signed in blue ink by Oberst (Colonel) and Division Commander Gustav Rödel (1915–1995)

missing original ribbon

He left for overseas service in the United Kingdom on July 20

1st Class with Miniature - In silvered/gilded bronze

7 mm inclusive of its coat-of-arms suspension

Germany, Federal Republic. A Luftwaffe Short Range Day Fighter Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, 1957 Version Newly Listed 1945 and signed in blue(Frontflugspange fr Jadgverbnde in Gold). Constructed of blackened and gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a central blackened winged arrow, within a circular laurel leaf wreath, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 76. 78 mm (w) x 25. 55 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.