Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive Sold with a good amount

Sold with a good amount of research including copied pay lists

that he had nine months previous military service (seven months with the 86th Battalion and two months with the 76th Battalion) and that his trade was that of Labourer

his future brother-in-law

mint condition with extremely well preserved black paint and lustrous silver frame

interwoven silver/aluminum braid with buttoning loops to both the top and bottom ends

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive Sold with a good amount(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Of multi piece construction, composed of bronzed zink with a magnetic metal backing plate, the obverse with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika and 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 horizontal banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a round wire