Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive he removed in the rate

he removed in the rate of Engineman to H

He was subsequently invalided to England

with his commission and appointment terminated on transfer to the Army on April 26

He published a book

within a square border of oak leaves

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive he removed in the rate(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a central square laurel leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, flanked on each side by four sun rays and oak leaves with acorns, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and fluted horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by