Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Clasp, Silver Grade With Case, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive the obverse bearing a raised

the obverse bearing a raised Reichsluftschutzbund- (RLB) style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Bronze Grade for Twenty-Five Years' Service

He was transferred to Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 164 in Metz

Footnote: Joseph Whiteman is shown on the roll of the thirty-three man Belleville Rifle Company and is listed on page 150 of the "Canada General Service Medal Roll

a high-quality medal bar in extremely fine condition

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Clasp, Silver Grade With Case, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive the obverse bearing a raised(Frontflugspange fr Kampf und Sturzkampfflieger). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a central circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central bronzed magnetic metal winged bomb, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a central visible rivet securing the obverse bomb in place, with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo