Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden United Republic of opening with a horizontal flap

opening with a horizontal flap with a reinforced buttonhole meeting an olive-drab bakelite button

he planned to leave Europe for Canada

This is an ink stamp constructed of a wooden handle and with a metal (magnetic) stamp of the negative of the Kriegsmarine Field Post Office in Frederikshavn (Denmark)

private letters

Shoulder board incorporates three long rows of interlinked brass rings

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden United Republic of opening with a horizontal flap(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, flanked on each side by four rays and oak leaves with two acorns, situated above a magnetic metal backplate, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked W. E. PEEKHAUS, BERLIN and