Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Linden of Lüdenscheid - 3rd Pattern with Crimped Hardware and Fluted Pin Auction Archive constructed of multi-coloured card stock

constructed of multi-coloured card stock

plain and unmarked with the exception of a reverse mark of “WAFFEN-SS”

constructed of a pebbled magnetic shaft

Japan on October 29

aircraft and their crews escaped and served in the Mediterranean under Royal Navy control during the remainder of the Second World War

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Linden of Lüdenscheid - 3rd Pattern with Crimped Hardware and Fluted Pin Auction Archive constructed of multi-coloured card stock(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Instituted November 25th, 1942 (Mid to Late War Issue). A vaulted example, constructed of silvered 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 situated over a hollow void, flanked on each side by four oak leaves and sun rays interspersed with two acorns, the reverse with a magnetic square block