Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, by Friedrich Linden Hold King’s South Africa Medal 1901-02

King’s South Africa Medal 1901-02

museum marked in blue ink "195655" on the screwback

vertical pinback (slightly loose)

It also contains an instructional leaflet on what to do when travelling abroad

5 March 1943 - Essen

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, by Friedrich Linden Hold King’s South Africa Medal 1901-02(Nahkampfspange in Gold). Constructed of gilded 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, overlaying a 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, designer marked W.