Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short-Range Day Fighter Clasp, Bronze Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The airship flew from March

The airship flew from March 1936 until destroyed by fire fourteen months later on May 6

silvering evident on the reverse from previous mounting

while on patrol off the Firth of Forth

the reverse bearing a partially-legible name and number

face of the postcard has experienced loss on the left side of the collage

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short-Range Day Fighter Clasp, Bronze Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The airship flew from March(Frontflugspange fr Jger in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a swastika, around a central patinated winged arrow, flanked on each side by six oak leaves, with a single visible rivet securing the obverse arrow in place, with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 75. 96 mm (w) x 25. 74 mm (h), weighing 18. 2