he planned to leave Europe for Canada
opening with a horizontal flap with a reinforced buttonhole meeting an olive-drab bakelite button
CHEVAUL REGIMENT)
All buttons on the tunic are stamped “Besonders Haltbar” (especially durable) on the reverse
John Wietecha died on August 31
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden United Republic of he planned to leave Europe(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, flanked on each side by four rays and oak leaves with two acorns, situated above a magnetic metal backplate, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked W. E. PEEKHAUS, BERLIN and