The HJ certificate with transcript exempting Gehlken from physical work is dated to November 25
Period replacement suspension
His unit was equipped with the Wespe and Hummel heavy self-propelled artillery guns and were active in Normandy at the time Milbitz was wounded
Fegelein was accused of treason and shot on April 28
The order was founded on April 1
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Archive The HJ certificate with transcript(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed feinzink, the obverse consisting of a crossed bayonet and stick grenade inside of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, flanked on each side by four sunrays and four oak leaves, the centerpiece with a magnetic metal backplate, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of