but only for work service
1939 he began serving with the 52nd Fighter Squadron Staff
Measuring 90 mm (w) x 138 mm (h)
(Ehrenkreuze der Deutschen Mutter in Bronze
measuring 91 mm in diameter
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude but only for work service(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a central Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, on top of a non magnetic backplate, within a square oak leaf wreath, 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,