Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Third Pattern by Friedirch Linden GTRexclude the obverse bearing raised and

the obverse bearing raised and leftward-facing profiles of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin

bronze wash mostly gone otherwise good very fine

He was residing in Saskatchewan and working as a teamster when he enlisted on March 29

8 pages with portrait picture

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Third Pattern by Friedirch Linden GTRexclude the obverse bearing raised and(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, overlaying a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide banjo style pinback (in this makers characteristic fat belly style) meeting a