Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Linden of Lüdenscheid - 3rd Pattern with Crimped Hardware and Fluted Pin Auction Archive Japan on October 29

Japan on October 29

The cuff of each sleeve is rolled up to a depth of 154 mm and held securely in place by a single piece of stitching at the rear of the sleeve

to recognize the services of those involved in the struggle to re-unite Eritrea with the Ethiopian Fatherland

who is supposed to have been lost while on Channel patrol last December and has now been officially declared dead

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Linden of Lüdenscheid - 3rd Pattern with Crimped Hardware and Fluted Pin Auction Archive Japan on October 29(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