the top of the shield with dual bronze rivets
Kaiser has been working for the company since 1921
Berlin W8 Friedrichstraße 188” on a small metal plate attached to the reverse
Department of National Defence Naval Service Letter
1915 and was posted to Tidworth
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold the top of the shield(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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, set over top of a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four oak leaves and sun rays with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked W. E.