Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction given the prickly nature of

given the prickly nature of Empress Dowager Cixi and her obsessional paranoia of any challenge to her power

Footnote: Rupert Sirch was born on 11 November 1921 in Berlin and grew up in Ronsberg

before being discharged on December 2nd

the tin measuring 46 mm x 122

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction given the prickly nature of(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a national eagle and a bayonet and hand grenade in the centerpiece, 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 plain, with a square magnetic back plate, reverse with horizontal banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch, marked with logo of maker Friedrich Linden,