Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff Republic of weighing 69

weighing 69

where it occurred

1963 in Halifax

he was transferred to his third hospital ship

A well-preserved special edition of “Hermann Göring: Werk und Mensch” by Erich Gritzbach

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff Republic of weighing 69(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four stylized rays and oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with an integral hinge and banjo style horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked