Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden Archive 97 mm (w) x 59

97 mm (w) x 59

Non-Commisioned Officers Certificate (to "Corporal T

der Reserve am 24 April 1917 tödlich abgestürzt” (German - In remembrance

1915" on the underside of the neck guard

he was wounded at Lens

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden Archive 97 mm (w) x 59(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central 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 rays and oak leaves with two acorns, situated above a magnetic metal backplate, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked W. E. PEEKHAUS, BERLIN and