Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold then posted to the Canadian

then posted to the Canadian Base Depot on November 22nd

Second Type -

She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on August 7

The passport photo is a post war picture

bearing dual machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire insignia defaced with green and gold threading

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold then posted to the Canadian(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, set over top of a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four oak leaves and sun rays with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked W. E.