Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude with a central blue enameled

with a central blue enameled field bearing a plan and motorcycle with a rider

as well as the other Marines on our perilous beachhead

He entered the French theatre in May 1915 with 'A' Battery

Alcalde Alvarez" on the cap above the seam of the shaft

eight with dual prongs

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude with a central blue enameled(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, situated above a toned non magnetic metal 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 an oval plate,