A Gold Grade Close Combat Clasp By Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid certificate_of_authenticity along with Austrian Imperial silver

along with Austrian Imperial silver hallmark)

The award was annulled after the Second World War and the territory divided between Slovakia and the Ukraine

and breast star

he attested for overseas service at Valcartier in September 1914

A Gold Grade Close Combat Clasp By Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid certificate_of_authenticity along with Austrian Imperial silverA Gold Grade Close Combat Clasp by FLL (Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid); in zinc, with gold wash finish, clasp retains about 95% of original finish on obverse, and about 40% on reverse, backing plate non magnetic (shows signs of repair re attachment), in worn condition.