Germany, Federal Republic. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, 1957 Version Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence

and photocopied Hilfsgemeinschaft auf Gegenseitigkeit der Angehörigen der ehemaligen Waffen-SS (Mutual Aid Association of Former Waffen-SS Members/HIAG) paperwork from the estate of Waffen-SS veteran Siegfried Wojtaszek

which overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge

V23700 Stoker 1st Class Lindsay Beyer

The recipient is Obergefreiter (Senior Lance Corporal) Ewald Lindemann

Germany, Federal Republic. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, 1957 Version Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Declaration of Independence(Nahkampfspange in Gold Ausfhrung 1957). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of an square oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked measuring 95 mm (w) x 25 mm (h), missing its backplate, an early 1957 version in better than very fine condition.