Germany, Luftwaffe. A Transport and Glider Clasp, Gold Grade, by C.E. Juncker Archive slider and half-moon shaped guard

slider and half-moon shaped guard at the junction end

missing its pinback and with a crack across the lower third of the badge

Eagle without Crown

rough surface

edges worn but fully intact

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Transport and Glider Clasp, Gold Grade, by C.E. Juncker Archive slider and half-moon shaped guard(Frontflugspange fr Transport und Luftlandeflieger in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, surrounding a central Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika while in mid flight, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a central rivet securing the eagle in position, with an integral hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round