Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade Auction Archive measuring 34 mm (w) x

measuring 34 mm (w) x 50 mm (h)

Shanks is remembered with honour at Oxford (Botley) Cemetery

Constructed of gilded and silvered zink

he was struck off strength to No

he attended a number of courses and changed his next-of-kin contact to Miss Daphne L

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade Auction Archive measuring 34 mm (w) x(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a central Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, on top of a magnetic backplate, within a square oak leaf wreath, 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,