A Bronze Grade Close Combat Clasp By Friedrich Linden Of Lüdenscheid GTRexclude 1829 to October 27

1829 to October 27

Two weeks after attaining the rank of Acting Lance Sergeant

stiff black cotton backer

071) by 2 Shock Army Order 018N on February 27

with some light to moderate corrosion on the top edge of the badge

A Bronze Grade Close Combat Clasp By Friedrich Linden Of Lüdenscheid GTRexclude 1829 to October 27A second war German Nahrkampfspange; in bronzed zink; the obverse with a national eagle and a bayonet, and a hand grenade in the centerpiece, with sun rays emanating from the center of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side; the reverse plain, missing its square magnetic backing plate; horizontal banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; marked Fec. W. E. Peekhaus, Berling, and maker marked