Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Archive with SS EM/NCO buckle construction

with SS EM/NCO buckle construction in prior years being from nickel and then aluminum and eventually a few were even made in zinc

The HJ certificate with transcript exempting Gehlken from physical work is dated to November 25

They had gone for supper when the other crew received a call to scramble

His unit was equipped with the Wespe and Hummel heavy self-propelled artillery guns and were active in Normandy at the time Milbitz was wounded

mother and son had frequent ideological disagreements

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Archive with SS EM/NCO buckle construction(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed feinzink, the obverse consisting of a crossed bayonet and stick grenade inside of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, flanked on each side by four sunrays and four oak leaves, the centerpiece with a magnetic metal backplate, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of