Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade Newly Listed 1926-1929 issue

1926-1929 issue

when he was awarded the Navy Cross in January 1940 for his part in the rescue of the survivors of the Sargo-class submarine USS Squalus (SS-192)

measuring 20 mm (w) x 64 mm (h)

edition “Luftwissen” (Air Knowledge)

and telegraph system

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade Newly Listed 1926-1929 issue(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a central Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, on top of a magnetic backplate, within a square oak leaf wreath, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,