Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the reverse with a Bible

the reverse with a Bible passage and dates “26

obverse illustrating two open hands

Order of Civil Merit

five Air Gunner (AG) Wings

for gallant actions that he took three months after arriving in the Italian theatre

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the reverse with a Bible(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 and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from an oval