Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade United Republic of and Victory Medal (510231 CPL

and Victory Medal (510231 CPL

but was integrated into the national hierarchy of decorations in Belgium after the Congo Free State ceased to be a private domain of King Leopold II in 1908

silver with a silvered and enamelled centrepiece

Defender of the Faith)

the two sunwheel swastikas are in perfect condition having 100% of the original gilt intact

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade United Republic of and Victory Medal (510231 CPL(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,