Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive family photos (in summer and

family photos (in summer and winter

hand-made poppy enclosed

He spent one month at ETO Gunnery School between November and December (1943) and was then transferred to England

1943 and signed by a Colonel and Regiment Commander

1945 between the river Drina and Lake Balaton

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive family photos (in summer and(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, 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, with a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four sun rays and four oak leaves with acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked PEEKHAUS, BERLIN, maker marked with