Germany, Luftwaffe. A Transport And Glider Clasp, Silver Grade Archive 1940 and named in honour

1940 and named in honour of the Prince and national hero

Southland on October 6

the plate measuring 105 mm x 110 mm

and him winding up in a refugee camp in Germany after the war presumably tells the story of a collaborator who chose to flee his home country when the Russians took over and start a new life in the country with which he had sympathised

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Transport And Glider Clasp, Silver Grade Archive 1940 and named in honour(Luftwaffe Frontflugspange fr Transport und Luftlandeflieger in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a central circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika in mid flight, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 75. 85 mm (w) x 25. 98 mm