Germany, Wehrmacht. A Bronze Grade Close Combat Clasp, Unmarked Example by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of constructed of a dark green

constructed of a dark green wool backer

The black front cover is stamped in silver ink with a large SS Runes

constructed of lightweight wooden core with a dark blue lightly textured faux leather exterior

He flew his first combat missions during the Battle of Crete

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR VERDIENSTE UM DIE WEHRHAFTE ERTÜCHTIGUNG DER DEUTSCHEN REITERJUGEND” (“FOR MERIT IN STRENGTHENING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE GERMAN EQUESTRIAN YOUTH”)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Bronze Grade Close Combat Clasp, Unmarked Example by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of constructed of a dark green(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,