Germany, Federal Republic. A Luftwaffe Short Range Day Fighter Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, 1957 Version Newly Listed 1st Class with Miniature -

1st Class with Miniature - In silvered/gilded bronze

then admitted to Queens Hospital at Sidcup

7 mm inclusive of its coat-of-arms suspension

It was a direct descendant of the Military Order of Mary Christine (María Cristina) created for the Queen Regent in 1890 and intended to reward military bravery

(General der Panzertruppe Brustadler)

Germany, Federal Republic. A Luftwaffe Short Range Day Fighter Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, 1957 Version Newly Listed 1st Class with Miniature -(Frontflugspange fr Jadgverbnde in Gold). Constructed of blackened and gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a central blackened winged arrow, within a circular laurel leaf wreath, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 76. 78 mm (w) x 25. 55 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.