Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude (Souveräner Malteserorden Silberne Verdienstmedaille)

(Souveräner Malteserorden Silberne Verdienstmedaille)

a maritime and a civilian division

Combined Operations (red embroidered insignia with black threading

The men’s unit is Sturm 1/Standarte 13

with additional engraved inscription reading “Camp Buchenwald 11

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude (Souveräner Malteserorden Silberne Verdienstmedaille)(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