Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive a 1939 Blood and Soil

a 1939 Blood and Soil Leipzig Exhibition badge

inscribed "Original-Aufnahme von W

crown hallmark also on obverse 12 o'clock arm

along with the lettering in the ribbon banners

he signed his Attestation Paper with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps on July 8

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive a 1939 Blood and Soil(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, above 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