Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Josef Feix & Söhne Hold The division was eventually destroyed

The division was eventually destroyed in Bologna in April of 1945

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and after fifteen weeks training and orientation

Rudolf Petersen (1905–1983)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Josef Feix & Söhne Hold The division was eventually destroyed(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of zink, the obverse centerpiece topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, 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, designer marked F. E. C. W. E. PEEKHAUS, BERLIN, maker marked with the