Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction paper backer has peeled back

paper backer has peeled back but remains attached)

NSG Kraft durch Freude

the Battalion was mobilized and travelled to Darwin

lightly creased

Medal of Admiral Gorshkov

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction paper backer has peeled back(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