Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Newly Listed Each of the sleeve cuffs

Each of the sleeve cuffs are purposely designed without buttons

where he was admitted to the Horton (County of London) War Hospital on June 7th and would be treated for the next three weeks

bearing four bands of interwoven silver aluminum wire piping

as "Unable to meet the required military physical standards"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Newly Listed Each of the sleeve cuffs(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronze 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, flanked on each side by four oak leaves and sun rays with acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked PEEKHAUS, BERLIN, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich