Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude Two reinforced side slashes permit

Two reinforced side slashes permit the wearer to access pockets set into an underlying uniform

Lieutenant Howitt was in command of a force consisting of two tanks and a section of infantry

circumscribed by inscriptions of “GEB

the reverse centre etching by enamelled crossed French flags

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude Two reinforced side slashes permit(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, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, overlaying a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oval plate,