Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Josef Feix & Söhne Auction Army Amphibious Units Patch

Army Amphibious Units Patch

with a white cotton backer

all unmarked and measuring 102 mm (w) x 72 mm (h)

He was posted to the 1st Auxiliary Horse Transport Company from October 1914 to September 1915 and during this time

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Josef Feix & Söhne Auction Army Amphibious Units Patch(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade overlaying a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge emanating from a crimped base and a tapering horizontal pinback, designer marked W. E.