Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by A.G.M.u.K. Republic of The letter closes with a

The letter closes with a handwritten signature and a postscript in which Dönitz recommends that Klingelhofer read an interview he recently gave to the Boston Sunday Globe (the interview occurred on 8 December 1963)

the nickname of Giovan Battista Perasso

worn on original ribbon with pin at top

A Deutsche Arbeitsfront (German Labour Front/DAF) membership badge

He would have done a patrol or two

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by A.G.M.u.K. Republic of The letter closes with a(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade situated over a hollow void, flanked on each side by four oak leaves and sun rays interspersed with two acorns, the reverse with an integral hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, designer marked W. E. PEEKHAUS,