until being cleared for service beginning on January 29
A Black Grade Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz)
” at the right and engraver marked R
He was transferred to the Divisional Ammunition Column on December 31
A well-preserved Heer Cavalry/Armoured Reconnaissance Leutnant service tunic
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wehrmacht Close Assault Clasp, In Bronze, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive until being cleared for service(Nahrkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed slightly vaulted zink, the obverse with a national eagle and a bayonet and hand grenade in the centerpiece, 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 plain, with a square non magnetic backing plate horizontal pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch on the reverse, marked F & BL for Funcke &