Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, by Friedrich Linden Auction Minor material fatigue is evident

Minor material fatigue is evident to the exterior

(Luftwaffe Bordfunkerabzeichen

in addition to bearing the maker’s mark of Drago

the 19th Alberta Dragoons of the Canadian Expeditionary Force

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, by Friedrich Linden Auction Minor material fatigue is evident(Nahkampfspange in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, overlaying a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oval plate, designer marked W.