Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade Newly Listed as well as his Memorial

as well as his Memorial Plaque and Scroll

inscribed with the institution date “Den XV December MDCCCLXV”

50-inch Browning machine gun

It was intended to reward services rendered to the army

It states that the book “Treason and high treason of the Feldlogen (a form of Freemasonic lodge) during the World War” which accompanies the letter should be read and heavily distributed among the troops and acquaintances

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade Newly Listed as well as his Memorial(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a Wehrmacht style German eagle clutching a mobile swastika above a bayonet and stick grenade, within a square oak leaf wreath with a magnetic metal backplate, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse with a barrel hinge and magnetic banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,