A Large Bronze Luftwaffe Fighter Squadron Emblem From Ground Base Gate Archive missing its brass halo around

missing its brass halo around the crown

The pommel and crossguard are in exceptional condition

An American Navy Issue Medal of Honor

Obtained from a Canadian WWII vet

A Large Bronze Luftwaffe Fighter Squadron Emblem From Ground Base Gate Archive missing its brass halo aroundMeasuring 19. 5 cm diameter, in solid cast bronze, showing usual and pleasing tarnishing from oxidization, very large and heavy, with three bronze post for attachment on reverse, very fine. Footnote: This would have been placed on the iron gate of a Jagdgeschwader hunting wing base. These were typically equipped with the Messerschmitt 109 or Fw 190 to provide close air support to Wehrmacht ground troops.