The interior of the uniform presents silk lining with stitched “BENDONE NEW YORK” page along exterior of right side interior pocket
A lot of six Third Reich period badges
extremely fine condition with the majority of the original gilding intact
one marked with a swastika
The screw-bottom case-back is crafted out of steel and is marked as such (“Stahlboden” - steel bottom)
Germany, Federal Republic. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, 1957 Version certificate_of_authenticity The interior of the uniform(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse with a central crossed bayonet and stick grenade, within a square oak leaf wreath, flanked on each side by sun rays and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 96. 75 mm (w) x 25. 47 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.