Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Linden of Lüdenscheid - 3rd Pattern with Crimped Hardware and Fluted Pin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with the bayonet attached and

with the bayonet attached and carrying sling suspended from the rifle

some creasing and scuffing at the edges and minor discolouration

topped by a crown suspension culminating in a loop retaining an original ribbon

Second pattern circa 1938

he was confirmed in the rank of Corporal on March 25

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Linden of Lüdenscheid - 3rd Pattern with Crimped Hardware and Fluted Pin Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with the bayonet attached and(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