Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden Archive She was back in British

She was back in British waters at the start of the First World War

Footnote: One week after winning a bloody victory over the Russian army at the Battle of Borodino

1915" on the underside of the neck guard

It carries the facsimile of Otto Meissner (1880–1953)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden Archive She was back in British(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