Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Hymmen & Co. certificate_of_authenticity unstitched and measuring 445 mm

unstitched and measuring 445 mm (l) x 110 mm (h)

Press Photo

each constructed of a card stock binding with alphabetically indexed pages filled with Baur’s handwritten entries

A War Cross II Class Decoration Award Document to Kalkulator/Prüftechniker Bischoff Gustave

and bears Klagenfurt studio stamp with a date of “1942”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Hymmen & Co. certificate_of_authenticity unstitched and measuring 445 mm(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, overlaying a replacement magnetic iron backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate,