Germany, Federal Republic. A Luftwaffe Front Flying Clasp For Air-To-Ground Support Fighters With “2000” Hanger, 1957 Version Auction Archive Catto retired from practising architecture

Catto retired from practising architecture after 1950 and died in Bracebridge

Footnote: All Americans who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force prior to January 1943 were eligible for membership in the Hat & Leaf Squadron

with recipient’s name hand scratched on reverse (II/FJ Rgt

03 mm (w) x 44

125 mm x 180 mm not including the fringe

Germany, Federal Republic. A Luftwaffe Front Flying Clasp For Air-To-Ground Support Fighters With “2000” Hanger, 1957 Version Auction Archive Catto retired from practising architecture(Frontflugspange fr Schlachtflieger mit Anhnger). Constructed of gilded and blackened bronze, consisting of a pair of crossed swords inside of a laurel wreath, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, with a hanger bearing a number of 2000 in glass jewels, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 75. 37 mm (w) x 25. 64 mm (h), weighing 17. 9 grams, in extremely fine condition.