Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Naval Front Clasp certificate_of_authenticity " Birchall received the fifth

" Birchall received the fifth clasp for service to the Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD) in 1996 and is the only member of the Canadian military to have earned five clasps

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Attached/sewn on ribbon is small decoration of the Officer

5 mm (w) x 56 mm (h) inclusive its laterally-pierced ball suspension

maker marked on reverse “Fleck & Sohn

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Naval Front Clasp certificate_of_authenticity " Birchall received the fifth(Marine Frontspange). A unique Kriegsmarine Naval Front Clasp, constructed of bronze zink and magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a central bronzed magnetic metal Kriegsmarine button, flanked on each side by eight oak leaves, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, stamped with an unidentified mark, measuring 80. 96 mm (w) x 24. 66 mm (h), weighing 26. 9 grams, with some oxidation evident, a