Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Archive When his battery was going

When his battery was going into action several shells burst in the midst of the column

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The Germans counterattacked and drove the Canadians back

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Archive When his battery was going(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 over a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four sun rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked F. & B. L. for Funcke &