The SEAL insignia is therefore unusual in the Navy being as it is one of the very few breast insignia issued identically for both officers and enlisted personnel
Footnote: Private Alfred Hancock served with the 2nd Battalion
2ND ENLISTMENT 1921-1924”
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A
He remained with the same vessel until the end of the war
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Josef Feix & Söhne Buy Now The SEAL insignia is therefore(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a bayonet and hand grenade in the centerpiece, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse plain, with a square magnetic back plate, horizontal banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch on the reverse, marked on