followed by his burial in Trinity Memorial Park in Big Spring on May 2nd
scattered chipping and wear evident in the red paint
A DRL (German League of the Reich for Physical Exercise/Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen) Bronze Grade Sports badge
mounted to plate on reverse via four prongs
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short-Range Day Fighter Clasp, Gold Grade Newly Listed followed by his burial in(Frontflugspange fr Jger in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of a central circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a swastika, surrounding a central upward pointing winged arrow, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 75. 98 mm (w) x 25. 84 mm (h), weighing 19. 6 grams, in extremely fine