Description
with additional engraved inscription reading “Camp Buchenwald 11
a maritime and a civilian division
He had previous service with the 68th Battery
A 1939 “Julfest” (Yule Festival) table medal of “Die Schwarze Garde - SS - Oberabschnitt Ost” (The Black Band - SS - Section East)
swords in each quadrant overlaid with a Russian Imperial Eagle
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude with additional engraved inscription reading(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, with a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four sun rays and four oak leaves with acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked PEEKHAUS, BERLIN, maker marked with