Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Third Pattern Fluted Pin Variant by Friedrich Linden Archive the base bearing a stamped

the base bearing a stamped mark of “WMFM”

that is to November 1917

The first attack was repulsed by the Ottoman garrison under Williams

with two solid rivets on reverse

Footnote: The medal was instituted in AD1942 by King Mohammed Zahir Shah who succeeded to the throne in 1933

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Third Pattern Fluted Pin Variant by Friedrich Linden Archive the base bearing a stamped(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an 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 leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a crimped hinge and fluted banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a crimped base,