Germany, Luftwaffe. A General’s Visor Cap Eagle Newly Listed A Clasp in silvered tombac

A Clasp in silvered tombac

He had spent one year previous to enlisting as a Prospector

dual swing hook closure

Hawkins was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant while taking part in the Guadalcanal campaign in the Battle for the Solomons

the damage to the airplane deemed as "written off" (damaged beyond repair)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A General’s Visor Cap Eagle Newly Listed A Clasp in silvered tombac(Luftwaffe Mtzenadler fr General). Constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered gold bullion wire Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse retaining a black paper liner, unmarked, measuring 66 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), in uniform removed and extremely fine condition.