Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Long Range Day Fighter Clasp, Bronze Grade GTRexclude (Verdienstmedaille um das Militair-Brieftaubenwesen)

(Verdienstmedaille um das Militair-Brieftaubenwesen)

numbered "18862" and named to "Josef Lesniedski"

” and “2” for “C

The Order of Military Merit - In bronze gilt and bright red enamelling

Beckley was born in 1874

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Long Range Day Fighter Clasp, Bronze Grade GTRexclude (Verdienstmedaille um das Militair-Brieftaubenwesen)(Frontflugspange fr Nachtjger). Instituted on 13 May 1942. A clasp constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse with a central motif of a downward pointing winged arrow, separately cast then riveted, a static swastika on the bottom of the wreath, with nine oak leaves on either side of the wreath, the reverse with a slender horizontal pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch, measures 76. 02 mm (w) x 25. 67 mm (h), weighs 16. 3 g, has lost most of