Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Buy Now An oval shaped oak leaf

An oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered bronze

number impressed "2299" on the reverse

Private Blake was subsequently transferred to the 198th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Buffs"

The document is dated to December 30

1912 during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II and was created to commemorate the centenary of the end of the campaign on Russian soil against the Napoleonic invaders

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Buy Now An oval shaped oak leaf(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, set over top of a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four oak leaves and sun rays with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked W. E.