Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden Archive as cited in the London

as cited in the London Gazette

She was back in British waters at the start of the First World War

1915" on the underside of the neck guard

It carries the facsimile of Otto Meissner (1880–1953)

of superb quality make

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden Archive as cited in the London(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, flanked on each side by four rays and oak leaves with two acorns, situated above a magnetic metal backplate, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked W. E. PEEKHAUS, BERLIN and