Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Archive surrounded by a full-wreath of

surrounded by a full-wreath of laurel and oak leaves

SCHWENZER for Karl Schwenzer of Stuttgart

near Leningrad

green cloth

along with "deafness in his left ear"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Archive surrounded by a full-wreath of(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed feinzink, the obverse consisting of a crossed bayonet and stick grenade inside of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, flanked on each side by four sunrays and four oak leaves, the centerpiece with a magnetic metal backplate, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of