Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short-Range Fighter Clasp, Silver Grade Archive Saint John

Saint John

marked in silver ink "Silberne Militär Verdienst medaille" and stamped in black ink "Scbw

Footnote: undoubtedly of French manufacture

oxidation and loss of finish to the hilt

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short-Range Fighter Clasp, Silver Grade Archive Saint John(Frontflugspange fr Jger in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a swastika, surrounding a central patinated winged arrow, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a central visible rivet securing the obverse arrow in place, with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 76. 25 mm (w) x 25.