Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Pilot Squadron Clasp, Silver Grade certificate_of_authenticity Ernst Risse)

Ernst Risse)

Ganges on January 6

as he and his horse were blown over by a shell

with a bright blue wool backer

in good condition)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Pilot Squadron Clasp, Silver Grade certificate_of_authenticity Ernst Risse)(Frontflugspange fr Kampf und Sturzkampfflieger in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a central circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a swastika, around a downward pointing winged bomb, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the obverse bomb in place, with a block hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring