Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude a Reich Colonial League (RKB)

a Reich Colonial League (RKB) pin

1939 he began serving with the 52nd Fighter Squadron Staff

measuring 91 mm in diameter

set on a blackened magnetic metal button measuring 16 mm in diameter

Measuring 90 mm (w) x 138 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude a Reich Colonial League (RKB)(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a central Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, on top of a non magnetic backplate, within a square oak leaf wreath, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,