Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Front Flying Clasp For Transport Pilots, Silver Grade Hold (Goldene Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischen

(Goldene Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischen Hausordens)

topped by a banner inscribed “EHRENMITGLIED” (“HONORARY MEMBER”)

with a cardboard core

all of which contributed to his death

the obverse with an inscription of “KRIEGS VERDIENST (“WAR MERIT”) inside of a laurel wreath

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Front Flying Clasp For Transport Pilots, Silver Grade Hold (Goldene Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischen(Frontflugspange fr Transport und Luftlandflieger in Silber). Instituted on 30. 1. 1941 by Reichsmarshall Hermann Gring. (Issued 1941 1945). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse with a central laurel wreath with a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a swastika in the centre, with nine oak leaves on either side of the wreath, the reverse plain, with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, measuring 76. 75 mm (w) x 25. 65