Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity Stalag VIII

Stalag VIII

Hamburg Free City

(Waffen-SS Ärmeladler)

the obverse centre bears a crossed bayonet and hand grenade superimposed on a black background within a square frame

and is topped by a black ink size mark of “59”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity Stalag VIII(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, overlaying a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oval plate,