Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Hymmen & Co. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker B & N L"

maker B & N L"

Footnote: J52700 Pilot Officer Basil Herbert Morphy enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force on September 25

Canadian Garrison Regiment in London

with locks and locksmithing being his hobbies of choice

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Hymmen & Co. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker B & N L"(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered 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 replacement magnetic iron 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 a circular plate,