Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction the Battalion was mobilized and

the Battalion was mobilized and travelled to Darwin

A German National Socialist Flying Day Award - Die-stamped bronze

paper backer has peeled back but remains attached)

London Gazette 1182

A Luftwaffe Officer visor wreath and cockade constructed of machine-embroidered aluminum bullion wire with light-grey thread highlights

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction the Battalion was mobilized and(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, with a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four sun rays and four oak leaves with acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked PEEKHAUS, BERLIN, maker marked with