Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Flight Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Archive the Van Schaick Island Country

the Van Schaick Island Country

the announcement appearing in the Supplement to the London Gazette 37204 of Tuesday

that the 88th remained relatively obscure in the post-war years

the damage to the airplane deemed as "written off" (damaged beyond repair)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Flight Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Archive the Van Schaick Island Country(Frontflugspange fr Kampf und Sturzkampfflieger in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a swastika, overlaid by a patinated winged bomb, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with F. & B. for Funcke & Brninghaus, Ldenscheid, measuring 77. 20 mm