Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Bomber Clasp, Gold Grade, by Richard Simm & Söhne Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Schäfer was wounded several times

Schäfer was wounded several times

obverse depicts a Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field with laurel branch wreath

Looped around the right shoulder board and top breast button is a finely-detailed officer’s shoulder cord

After embarkation leave

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Bomber Clasp, Gold Grade, by Richard Simm & Söhne Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Schäfer was wounded several times(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