Die-stamped sheet metal with a bronze wash
It also contributed to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's decision to attack Midway Island in the Central Pacific
where he was admitted to the Horton (County of London) War Hospital on June 7th and would be treated for the next three weeks
the reverse with a single rivet
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Newly Listed Die-stamped sheet metal with a(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