Germany, Wehrmacht. A Bronze Grade Close Combat Clasp, Unmarked Example by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of He flew his first combat

He flew his first combat missions during the Battle of Crete

1906 in Essen (western Germany)

measuring 43mm x43mm

vertical rectangular pin with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Bronze Grade Close Combat Clasp, Unmarked Example by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of He flew his first combat(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zinc, the obverse consisting of a central square oak wreath topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, situated over a magnetic metal backplate (re fastened using grey glue), flanked on each side by four rays of and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch,