Description
From Jerry Crandall’s personal military collection:
This is Wolfgang Falck’s 1957-regulation German veteran ribbon bars (57er Bandspangen).
Here is what AI states about this item:
Following World War II, the West German government passed the Ordensgesetz of 1957, allowing veterans serving in the newly formed Bundeswehr or wearing civilian dress to display their wartime decorations, provided any Nazi symbols (like the swastika) were completely removed or de-nazified.
Key Ribbons and Miniature Devices Identified:
- Iron Cross 2nd Class (1939/1957 version): Recognizable by the wide black, white, and red vertical stripes. It features a de-nazified miniature Iron Cross device in the center.
- Luftwaffe Operational Flying Clasp (Frontflugspange): Miniature winged clasps mounted directly onto the Luftwaffe’s blue-grey ribbons, indicating operational combat missions flown by pilot or aircrew veterans.
- Luftwaffe Long Service Award (Luftwaffe-Dienstauszeichnung): A solid dark blue ribbon featuring a miniature silver-toned flying Luftwaffe eagle device (re-designed with its talons empty, missing the wartime swastika).
- Romanian Crusade Against Communism Medal: The yellow ribbon with dark/black and white borders on the right features the miniature Romanian cross device, an Axis ally decoration frequently awarded to German personnel fighting on the Eastern Front.
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