Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Clasp, Gold Grade, with Star Pendant Auction Archive Westfalen ribbon

Westfalen ribbon

most notably

marked 1 for Deschler

grandson of Emperor Charles I of Austria

The American’s pelvis and legs were trapped in the lower

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Clasp, Gold Grade, with Star Pendant Auction Archive Westfalen ribbon(Frontflugspange fr Kampf und Sturzkampfflieger in Gold mit Sternanhnger). Constructed of gilded tombak and zink, the obverse consisting of a central circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, surrounding a central silvered and winged bomb, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the bomb in place, with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire