scratches and tape residue evident on the reverse
His new wife was a descendant of William Hamilton Merritt (born in Bedford
" in seven languages (English
maker marked “KEIBEL” for the noted St
with the dual black ribbons at the rear having been lost to time
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Bomber Clasp, Gold Grade, by Richard Simm & Söhne Auction Archive scratches and tape residue evident(Frontflugspange fr Kampf und Sturzkampfflieger in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a central circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a swastika, surrounding a central winged bomb executed in silvered tombak, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the bomb in position, with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire