Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short-Range Night Fighter Flying Clasp, Silver Grade Archive numbered "46653" and date marked

numbered "46653" and date marked "1917"

the reverse with a monogram of Ernst I

measuring 44 mm (w) x 52 mm (h)

the obverse depicts an oak leaf wreath with a ribbon on the bottom and a Luftwaffe eagle with outspread wings on the top

scuffed and moderately stained

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short-Range Night Fighter Flying Clasp, Silver Grade Archive numbered "46653" and date marked(Frontflugspange fr Nahnachtjger in Silver). Constructed of blackened and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a central blackened circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a swastika, around a central bronzed winged arrow, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a central visible rivet securing the obverse arrow in place, with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked,