A Gold Grade Close Combat Clasp By Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid certificate_of_authenticity with gray shadowing and speckling

with gray shadowing and speckling

The underside of the sweatband is size stamped "59" in black ink near the string

and breast star

The award was annulled after the Second World War and the territory divided between Slovakia and the Ukraine

Often awarded to German Luftwaffe officers serving with Romanian Air Force during WWII

A Gold Grade Close Combat Clasp By Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid certificate_of_authenticity with gray shadowing and specklingA Gold Grade Close Combat Clasp by FLL (Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid); in zinc, with gold wash finish, clasp retains about 95% of original finish on obverse, and about 40% on reverse, backing plate non magnetic (shows signs of repair re attachment), in worn condition.