Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade United Republic of 2ND ENLISTMENT 1921-1924”

2ND ENLISTMENT 1921-1924”

It carries the facsimile of Otto Meissner (1880–1953)

a 3-5-3 configuration in the Paulonia flowers designating it as 5th class

but was integrated into the national hierarchy of decorations in Belgium after the Congo Free State ceased to be a private domain of King Leopold II in 1908

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade United Republic of 2ND ENLISTMENT 1921-1924”(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a Wehrmacht style German eagle clutching a mobile swastika above a bayonet and stick grenade, within a square oak leaf wreath with a magnetic metal backplate, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse with a barrel hinge and magnetic banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,