Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden United Republic of Birchall had been tasked with

Birchall had been tasked with locating any Italian vessels still in Canadian waters as the outbreak of war became imminent

before being transferred on December 23rd as a Battery Officer with Headquarters

Pforzheim) on the underside of the pin

Silver frame marked “23” on ribbon loop

Between 1934 and 1939

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden United Republic of Birchall had been tasked with(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronze feinzink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, flanked on each side by four oak leaves and sun rays with acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked PEEKHAUS, BERLIN, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich