Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold with some remaining steel hobnails

with some remaining steel hobnails in place

This soldbuch was issued to Josef Hohlmeier on April 2

A Highland Light Infantry D-Day Participant Memorial Cross 1944 -  Group of Six to Private John Charles Downing

opening with stylized horizontal flaps bearing reinforced buttonholes

The exterior shows minimal wear

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold with some remaining steel hobnails(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, with a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four sun rays and four oak leaves with acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked PEEKHAUS, BERLIN, maker marked with