The shoulder boards are constructed of two strands of silver aluminum bullion wire laid flat on the gold-yellow wool underlay
E 1st type with military ribbon
He is credited with having served thirteen months in France and Belgium (February 23
the reverse of the latter with a raised barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flattened catch
Accompanied by their 10
Germany, Third Reich. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, 2nd Pattern, by Rudolf Souval, “Fat Bellied Pin & Thickwire Catch” Version Auction Archive The shoulder boards are constructed(Nahkampfspange in Gold). Instituted November 25th, 1942. (1942 1945). Constructed of fire gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade situated over a hollow void, flanked on each side by four oak leaves and sun rays interspersed with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and fat bellied pin and Thickwire