Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Refurbished Example by A.G.M.u.K. visually-hidden A Non-Combatant’s version

A Non-Combatant’s version

consisting of a Cross Pattée with ribbed border

Measuring 23

A large Knight Diploma cover in red leatherette

Gabriel shot down his first plane in March of 1918 as a member of Schutzstaffel (protection squadron) 15

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Refurbished Example by A.G.M.u.K. visually-hidden A Non-Combatant’s version(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, in turn situated above a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch,