Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By C.e. Juncker, Auction Archive he embarked Southampton

he embarked Southampton

one month after the failure of Rundstedt’s Western Offensive

and after overcoming supreme difficulties

Order of the Sword - in gold

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By C.e. Juncker, Auction Archive he embarked Southampton(Nahkampfspange in Gold). Type 1. 13. 2 Juncker CCC Partial Eagles Wings. A badge with a central motif of a German mark 24 stick grenade crossed with a 98k carbine bayonet, which is surmounted by the army national emblem eagle clutching a swastika in its talons, the eagles wings appear to be sitting on a box created by six small oak leaves, adjacent to these oak leaves is ornate scrollwork which frames the sides of the central motif, extending outward