Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden United Republic of Shoulder board incorporates three long

Shoulder board incorporates three long rows of interlinked brass rings

This is an ink stamp constructed of a wooden handle and with a metal (magnetic) stamp of the negative of the Kriegsmarine Field Post Office in Frederikshavn (Denmark)

John Wietecha died on August 31

All buttons on the tunic are stamped “Besonders Haltbar” (especially durable) on the reverse

the shield measuring 52 mm (w) x 62 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden United Republic of Shoulder board incorporates three long(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