Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden Archive he was wounded at Lens

he was wounded at Lens

It carries the facsimile of Otto Meissner (1880–1953)

as cited in the London Gazette

She was back in British waters at the start of the First World War

97 mm (w) x 59

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden Archive he was wounded at Lens(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, flanked on each side by four rays and oak leaves with two acorns, situated above a magnetic metal backplate, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked W. E. PEEKHAUS, BERLIN and