Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by C.E. Juncker Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic He rose through the ranks

He rose through the ranks

The blade is plain with the exception of a maker’s mark on the reverse reading “ANTON WINGEN

An oath document for Döppner’s appointment as a Steuerpraktikanten in Stuttgart

Bushy Park 26-7-17 to Present

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by C.E. Juncker Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic He rose through the ranks(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, situated above a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four stylized rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked W. E. PEEKHAUS,