Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Bomber Clasp, Gold Grade, by Richard Simm & Söhne Auction Archive with the dual black ribbons

with the dual black ribbons at the rear having been lost to time

He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant with the 4th Infantry Division on June 11

His new wife was a descendant of William Hamilton Merritt (born in Bedford

maker marked “KEIBEL” for the noted St

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Bomber Clasp, Gold Grade, by Richard Simm & Söhne Auction Archive with the dual black ribbons(Frontflugspange fr Kampf und Sturzkampfflieger in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a central circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a swastika, surrounding a central winged bomb executed in silvered tombak, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the bomb in position, with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire