Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive mounted to a 112 mm

mounted to a 112 mm (w) x 171 mm (h) brown-faced card)

both unmarked and measuring 42 mm (w) x 111 mm (l)

Although out of production in 1941

a Maltese cross in bronzed tombak

Heinlein was part of the 2nd Convalescence Company

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive mounted to a 112 mm(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronze zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, flanked on each side by four sun rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, designer marked PEEKHAUS, BERLIN and maker marked with the logo of