Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic he was promoted to Acting

he was promoted to Acting Warrant Officer 1st Class and employed as a Technical and Tradesman Air Gunner

and is fully encompassed by a multi-piece brown oilcloth and cotton-blended liner

enamel loss on the IC and paint loss on Wound Badge

For the defenders who died in battle or prior to the establishment of the medal

On 29 July 1908

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic he was promoted to Acting(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, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, in turn situated above 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, designer marked W. E.