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    Squadron clasp for Fighter pilots


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    From the pictures supplied, I tend to lean in favour of this clasp being war time produced.

    Do I see the maker mark “O” for Steinhauer und Lück on the reverse of this clasp? The obverse certainly matches known originals by the maker but it must be said that S&L continued to produce flight clasps post war (with swastika) making authentication of war-time pieces very difficult.

    It would help if you could post some pictures of the rivet as post war rivets tended to be clipped rather than hammered.

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    From the pictures supplied, I tend to lean in favour of this clasp being war time produced.

    Do I see the maker mark "O" for Steinhauer und Lück on the reverse of this clasp? The obverse certainly matches known originals by the maker but it must be said that S&L continued to produce flight clasps post war (with swastika) making authentication of war-time pieces very difficult.

    It would help if you could post some pictures of the rivet as post war rivets tended to be clipped rather than hammered.

    Thank you John for your opinion! I don't have other pics yet. I can see the circle mm on the backside also. Do you know if S&L used this mark before 1945?

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