A gilt silver Maltese cross paty with green and red enamel wreath between the arms
crazing evident in the red enamels on the upper tip of the arm at 9 o'clock on the obverse
The document is signed in blue crayon by the Commanding General and Commander-in-Chief of Luftgau XI
From on 1939 to 1944
a rare commemorative medal celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Kärntner Volksabstimmung (Carinthian Plebiscite) on 10 October 1920
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, by Friedrich Linden Auction A gilt silver Maltese cross(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.