Germany, Luftwaffe. A Reconnaissance Unit Squadron Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Gebrüder Schneider Newly Listed IV Class with Swords (Militär-Verdienstkreuz

IV Class with Swords (Militär-Verdienstkreuz IV

one week shy of his nineteenth birthday

The corners feature small roundels naming Britain's Allies: Belgium

He was discharged upon demobilization on April 14

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Reconnaissance Unit Squadron Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Gebrüder Schneider Newly Listed IV Class with Swords (Militär-Verdienstkreuz(Frontflugspange fr Aufklrer in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed feinzink, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel wreath joined at the bottom by a swastika, with a central leftward facing eagles head, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 75. 90 mm (w) x 25. 30 mm (h), weighing 16. 5 grams, in near extremely fine condition.