Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden Auction black and light blue enamels

black and light blue enamels

On the first sortie

again serving as an Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class

marked on reverse with Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) code “M9/56” and maker “Werner Redo

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden Auction black and light blue enamels(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, flanked on each side by four stylized rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oval plate, designer marked W. E. PEEKHAUS, BERLIN and maker