Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction the Battalion was mobilized and

the Battalion was mobilized and travelled to Darwin

with soldiers in groups

and complains of palpitation of heart when excited

had landed a few miles away and that both had flesh wounds but were in no danger

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction the Battalion was mobilized and(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, with 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, designer marked PEEKHAUS, BERLIN, maker marked with