A Gold Grade Luftwaffe Close Combat Night Time Fighter Squadron Clasp Archive 18 mm x 16 mm

18 mm x 16 mm

Germany (now Poland)

The helmet measures approximately 305 mm x 233 mm and is in better than very fine condition

Of this number

maker marked “RZM UM 8” (Assmann & Söhne

A Gold Grade Luftwaffe Close Combat Night Time Fighter Squadron Clasp Archive 18 mm x 16 mmA textbook example of an early war manufacture Nahrnachtjger close combat night time fighter squadron clasp; in gilded and blackened tombac; the obverse with a blackened central laurel wreath with an upward pointing winged arrow in the centre, a static swastika on the bottom of the wreath, with nine oak leaves on either side of the wreath; horizontal slender banjo style pinback with a factory bent tip, with a barrel hinge and a round wire catch;