Germany, Luftwaffe. A Front Flying Clasp For Transport Pilots, With Hanger, Gold Grade Archive during which Aldinger was wounded

during which Aldinger was wounded on March 28 when he received a contusion of the left knee joint and a meniscal injury

12 mm x 19

bronze palm on original ribbon with dual prong pinback)

printer marked and coded "24/1" at the lower right

intertwined

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Front Flying Clasp For Transport Pilots, With Hanger, Gold Grade Archive during which Aldinger was wounded(Frontflugspange fr Transport und Luftlandflieger mit Anhnger). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse with a central laurel wreath overlaid by a magnetic metal Luftwaffe eagle in mid flight clutching a mobile swastika, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, with dual loops accommodating a hanger bearing a central radiant star flanked by laurel leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a central