Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade GTRexclude signature and initials stamped in

signature and initials stamped in faded blue ink at the lower right

Shortly after noon

and was suffering from shell shock

2/ D OF CORN: L

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade GTRexclude signature and initials stamped in(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a Wehrmacht style German eagle clutching a mobile swastika above a bayonet and stick grenade, within a square oak leaf wreath with a magnetic metal backplate, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse with a barrel hinge and magnetic banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,