issued at brigade headquarters on 2 August 1944 for three wounds suffered on 25 July 1943
prepared under the direction of the Chief of the General Staff by the Directorate of Artillery
Description: Bronze gilt with red and blue enamels
and a Honour Cross ribbon with miniature swords
constructed of gilded tombak with multi-coloured enamels
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive issued at brigade headquarters on(Nahkampfspange in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, on top of a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four sun rays and four oak leaves with acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked F. & B. L. for