Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Pilot’s Clasp, Silver Grade certificate_of_authenticity suspended from a crescent moon

suspended from a crescent moon and star

Boddington's skills as a swimmer served him well

having stated his birth year as two years earlier (1897 and not 1899)

The remaining Vichy French forces had managed to slip out of the Australian encirclement and had withdrawn from Damour

2) An 1897 Prussian Kaiser Wilhelm Centennial Medal (Kaiser Wilhelm Erinnerungsmedaille-Zentenarmedaille)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Pilot’s Clasp, Silver Grade certificate_of_authenticity suspended from a crescent moon(Frontflugspange fr Kampf und Sturzkampfflieger in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a central winged bomb, inside of a round laurel wreath joined at the bottom by a swastika, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 76. 42 mm (w) x 25. 09 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.