Germany, Luftwaffe. A Front Flying Clasp For Transport Pilots, Silver Grade, Post-1957 Reissue Auction silvered beaver and ribbon banner

silvered beaver and ribbon banner overlaying a bronze base

The blade’s reverse ricasso is maker marked with the marks of “Karl Burgsmüller

7) A post war print of a wartime studio portrait of Hitzl wearing the ribbon to the Iron Cross 2nd Class and the General Assault Badge

This cross was recovered from the bombed out Zimmermann factory

5) A Prussian 9-Year long service medal

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Front Flying Clasp For Transport Pilots, Silver Grade, Post-1957 Reissue Auction silvered beaver and ribbon banner(Frontflugspange fr Transportflieger in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse with a Luftwaffe eagle inside of a laurel wreath, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 76. 96 mm (w) x 25. 57 mm (h), weighing 17. 3 grams, in better than very fine condition.