Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short-Range Day Fighter Clasp, Gold Grade Archive 5 mm (w) x 11

5 mm (w) x 11 mm (h) ribbon bar with pinback

very light edge wear evident in the exterior

Hopcraft was in action when he suffered gun shot wounds to his left shoulder

naming is engraved (SGT OBSERVER L

on top of feathered wings

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short-Range Day Fighter Clasp, Gold Grade Archive 5 mm (w) x 11(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