The dagger completes with a bulbous pommel decorated with a mobile swastika and oak leaves
indicating completion of apprenticeship from 1 April 1939 to 31 March 1941
with motto of order on arms Pro Patria (For Fatherland)
” (Never again Versailles
the submarine blew up and there were rescued merely one officer and 21 men of the 43
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Pilot’s Clasp, Gold Grade Auction The dagger completes with a(Frontflugspange fr Kampf und Sturzkampfflieger in Gold). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a central winged bomb, inside of a round laurel leaf joined together at the bottom by a swastika, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 76. 12 mm (w) x 25. 54 mm (h), weighing 17. 3 grams, in near extremely fine condition.