Austria, Third Reich. A 1940 Austrian Rifle Company Membership Badge Newly Listed A Silver Grade Close Combat

A Silver Grade Close Combat Clasp by Friedrich Linden - In zinc

reverse inscribed "VERLIEHEN VOM PREUSSISCHEN LANDES-FEUERWEHR VERBAND" (Awarded by the Prussian State Firefighters Association) surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves

with a threaded round nut soldered to the center of the cross

While she was an improvement over the Indiana class because of a superior design

Austria, Third Reich. A 1940 Austrian Rifle Company Membership Badge Newly Listed A Silver Grade Close Combat(Standschtzenverband Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered magnetic metal with red enamel, horizontal pinback, maker marked Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen on reverse, measuring 23 mm in diameter, in overall near extremely fine condition.