most of the latter insignia having been lost to time
of Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring and board executive Director General Paul Pleiger
People's Republic)
An eight pointed silver star featuring a hand filed
Footnote: A similar buckle is illustrated on page 433 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short Range Night Fighter Clasp, Bronze Grade Auction Archive most of the latter insignia(Frontflugspange fr Nahnachtjger in Bronze). Instituted on 14 August 1942. A clasp constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse with a central motif of an upward pointing winged arrow, separately cast then riveted, a static swastika on the bottom of the blackened wreath, with nine oak leaves on either side of the wreath, the reverse with a slender horizontal pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch, measures 75. 97 mm (w) x 25. 59 mm (h), weighs 16.