maker marked "23" (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heereshedarf in der Graveur-ubd Ziselierung
he will be carried on in the records of the Marine Corps as missing in action for a period of one year"
1942 and named Temporary Flight Lieutenant on July 30
one strap retaining a silvered zink button bearing a raised number “1” for Gefolgschaft 1
one star clasp on its original ribbon
Germany, Luftwaffe. An An Award Document For A Transport Clasp In Bronze To Feldwebel Ernst Kleist, Stalingrad Kia Auction maker marked "23" (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für(Verleihungsurkunde zur Frontflugspange fr Transportflieger in Bronze). Constructed of off white paper stock with multi coloured ink, named to Feldwebel Ernst Kleist (according to the stamped Feldpost number, assigned to Kampfgruppe z. b. V. 105), issued at headquarters on 12 March 1942, featuring the handwritten signature of Oberstleutnant Emil Deffner (German Cross in Gold, 27 July 1942), measuring 148 mm (w) x 210 mm (h), in extremely fine