It also contributed to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's decision to attack Midway Island in the Central Pacific
where he was admitted to the Horton (County of London) War Hospital on June 7th and would be treated for the next three weeks
as "Unable to meet the required military physical standards"
Die-stamped sheet metal with a bronze wash
an army assignment card (Verwendungskarte) (149x209mm
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Newly Listed It also contributed to Admiral(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronze feinzink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, flanked on each side by four oak leaves and sun rays with acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked PEEKHAUS, BERLIN, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich