Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden Buy Now fire-damaged on the reverse

fire-damaged on the reverse

the Battalion was broken up and absorbed into the 3rd and 38th Reserve Battalions

the reverse with the Kaisers' image and the text erased and re-engraved "Zu Ehren der Gefallenen d

Hugo Eckener

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden Buy Now fire-damaged on the reverse(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, flanked on each side by four stylized 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, designer marked W. E. PEEKHAUS, BERLIN and maker