Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short-Range Fighter Clasp, Silver Grade Archive Paraguayan War Medal 1864-1870 -

Paraguayan War Medal 1864-1870 - Copper

Saint John

(Deutscher Kriegerbund Erinnerungskreuz)

112 mm (w) x 33 mm (h)

marked in silver ink "Silberne Militär Verdienst medaille" and stamped in black ink "Scbw

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Short-Range Fighter Clasp, Silver Grade Archive Paraguayan War Medal 1864-1870 -(Frontflugspange fr Jger in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a swastika, surrounding a central patinated winged arrow, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a central visible rivet securing the obverse arrow in place, with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 76. 25 mm (w) x 25.