reverse inscribed "Handabzug-Kunstverlag Voigt Elmshorn / (Veröffentlichung nur mit Genehmigung)" (Voigt Elmshorn Publishing House / Publication with Permission only) at the upper left and "Celle / Bomann-Museum / Ehrenhalle der Hannoverschen Armee" (Bomann Museum at Celle / Remembrance Hall of the Hanoverian Army) at the lower right
the dust jacket having experienced edge wear and tears along with sunning
Grand Cross Badge in silver gilt with white enamels
(HJ Ehrenzeichen in Gold)
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude reverse inscribed "Handabzug-Kunstverlag Voigt Elmshorn(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,
