Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden red and green enamelled insignias

red and green enamelled insignias

(Reichsluftschutzbund Mützenabzeichen)

a certificate for a War Merit Medal

the obverse medallion in red enamels features a downward pointing sword with rays beside the handles

Most were former prisoners of the occupying Japanese forces

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden red and green enamelled insignias(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a German national 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 crimped hinge and fluted banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular