Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude with additional engraved inscription reading

with additional engraved inscription reading “Camp Buchenwald 11

Combined Operations (red embroidered insignia with black threading

Jeannie Martin

The men’s unit is Sturm 1/Standarte 13

(Souveräner Malteserorden Silberne Verdienstmedaille)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude with additional engraved inscription reading(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