Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive and partially because of the

and partially because of the idea that infantry would be carried in the belly of the tank as safely as a young kangaroo in its mother’s pouch

as announced in the Fourth Supplement to the London Gazette 30807 of Friday

He received no awards or commendations

4 General Hospital

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive and partially because of the(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade over a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four sun rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked F. & B. L. for Funcke &