A Gold Grade Close Combat Clasp By Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid certificate_of_authenticity along with Austrian Imperial silver

along with Austrian Imperial silver hallmark)

Often awarded to German Luftwaffe officers serving with Romanian Air Force during WWII

with gray shadowing and speckling

he attested for overseas service at Valcartier in September 1914

engraver marked "A DE POSSESSE" and sculptor marked "SCULPT

A Gold Grade Close Combat Clasp By Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid certificate_of_authenticity along with Austrian Imperial silverA Gold Grade Close Combat Clasp by FLL (Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid); in zinc, with gold wash finish, clasp retains about 95% of original finish on obverse, and about 40% on reverse, backing plate non magnetic (shows signs of repair re attachment), in worn condition.