Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Flight Clasp, Gold Grade Auction " The doctor's final observation

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A Second War Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Pilot Wing

Footnote: Early First World War pilots in military aircraft soon discovered that appropriate protective flight goggles were a necessity

350 mm (w) x 275 mm (h))

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Flight Clasp, Gold Grade Auction " The doctor's final observation(Frontflugspange fr Kampf und Sturzkampfflieger in Gold). Instituted on 30 January 1941 by Reichsmarschall Hermann Gring. A clasp constructed of gilded zink, the obverse with a central downward sloping winged bomb within a laurel wreath, and nine oak leaves on either side of the wreath, meeting a swastika at the bottom, the reverse presents a magnetic horizontal tapering pin with a sheet metal hinge and a replacement catch, measuring 76. 48 mm (w) x