Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude USS Herring headed for the

USS Herring headed for the Kurile Islands patrol area

measuring 80 mm (w) x 135 mm (h)

Directly below is a pink embroidered soutache

where they lived until their deaths

affixed to a 38 mm long pin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude USS Herring headed for the(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.