Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short-Range Day Fighter Clasp, Gold Grade Archive Hopcraft was in action when

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

It completes with a rounded pommel

A collection of various documents

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

from September 15 to October 15

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short-Range Day Fighter Clasp, Gold Grade Archive Hopcraft was in action when(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