Germany, Luftwaffe. A Front Flying Clasp For Transport Pilots, With Hanger, Gold Grade Archive during which Aldinger was wounded

during which Aldinger was wounded on March 28 when he received a contusion of the left knee joint and a meniscal injury

with makers mark on reverse cartouche

intertwined

3) A Red Cross 20-Year Long Service cross

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 58th Infantry Battalion

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Front Flying Clasp For Transport Pilots, With Hanger, Gold Grade Archive during which Aldinger was wounded(Frontflugspange fr Transport und Luftlandflieger mit Anhnger). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse with a central laurel wreath overlaid by a magnetic metal Luftwaffe eagle in mid flight clutching a mobile swastika, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, with dual loops accommodating a hanger bearing a central radiant star flanked by laurel leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a central