an army assignment card (Verwendungskarte) (149x209mm
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
the reverse with a single rivet
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Newly Listed an army assignment card (Verwendungskarte)(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