Germany. A Bronze Grade Close Combat Clasp By A.g.m.u.k Newly Listed Footnote: The Austrian Red Cross

Footnote: The Austrian Red Cross was founded in 1880 and accepted by the International Committee of the Red Cross the same year

which he was awarded posthumously for staying at the controls of his B-17 bomber while his crew bailed out

he relinquished his commission in mid-1916

whose 47 sinkings totaled 272

flying in a northerly direction from Duisburg

Germany. A Bronze Grade Close Combat Clasp By A.g.m.u.k Newly Listed Footnote: The Austrian Red CrossAn example of a very well preserved second war German Bronze Grade Close Combat Clasp Nahkampfspange in Bronze; in bronzed lightly vaulted zink; 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 backing plate; horizontal pinback with an integrated hinge