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Nahkampfspange in Bronze

The Close Combat Bar was initially made out of tomback an later also from zinc. After the badge was stamped out, it was finished with a bronze wash. Most of these bars are zinc examples. These zinc examples are less of quality and nowadays have lost most of there finish. This award is long shaped with a length of a 9,7cm and a height of 2,6cm. The badge is slightly concave so it fits better to the chest of the recipient. The centre motive is made of a square with at the top a typical spread-winged Wehrmacht eagle and this eagle is clutching a swastika in its claws. Underneath this swastika are a crossed stick grenade and bayonet placed. The other three borders of the square consist of each two oak leaves. From either side of this central motive, emerges a single oak leaf with at the upper and lower corner an acorn. From underneath the tip of this single oak leaf, a spray of three other oak leaves emerges. Between the centre motive and the outer oak leaves are two striped areas, which you could see as sunburst rays. At the reverse is a long horizontally lying needle with a standard hook construction mounted. In the centre is a small black finished backing plate crimped into position. This was done to highlight the centre motive at the obverse. At the reverse is also usually the name or logo from the manufacturer stamped.

The bronze grade (I Stufe) was awarded for 15 days close combat. These 15 days could be shortened to 10 days by the division commandant, when the recipient was to severely wounded to for fill the prescribed 15 days. When the recipient was awarded with the bronze grade, he also automatically was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class (Eiseren Kreuz 2e Klasse), if this award was not already possessed by the recipient.

Bidermann, Gottlob-Herbert* August 28th, 1920
† September 1st, 2010

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NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Macher, Karl Heinz (Waffen SS)31-12-191921-12-2001more
Mai, Emil22-05-192208-10-1985more
Maier, Alfred (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13)28-02-1918 more
Maier, Alois  
Maier, Christian15-11-191527-09-1944
Mainz, Horst (Grenadier-Regiment 163)  more
Maisenbacher, Eugen20-11-191419-08-1990more
Malotki, von, Wolfgang (Grenadier-Regiment 45)25-02-192112-07-2002more
Maltrovsky, Martin08-03-192000-00-2012more
Maltry, Robert (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98)08-11-1911 more
Markstein, Heinrich (Infanterie-Regiment 258)  
Marreck, Günther22-07-191423-12-2002more
Massa, Wilhelm Karl23-09-191420-07-1991more
Massalsky, Horst Rudolph Eduard29-03-192000-00-2001more
Matern, Alfred15-12-191026-02-1946more
Matt, Karl  more
Maurer, Ludwig  more
Mauss, Dr. med. dent., Karl17-05-189809-02-1959more
Mautes, Peter24-11-192220-02-1944
Mayr, Franz06-12-192028-11-1943
Mayr, Friedrich24-05-190927-04-1944
Meier, Friedrich28-05-1911 more
Meier, Gerhard (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt. 3)25-10-1921 more
Meier, Ludwig17-02-192004-09-1943
Meinhold, Wolfgang (Grenadier-Regiment 123)08-10-190203-04-1945more
Melse, C.  
Memmert, Friedrich05-02-191712-02-2003
Mende, Dr. jur., Erich28-10-191606-05-1998more
Menne, Karl  
Mensing, Georg  
Menzel, Joachim Friedrich Paul (Flak)11-10-191403-01-2005more
Menzel, Werner (Feldersatz-Bataillon 162)20-02-1904 more
Mergner, Eberhard23-03-191702-08-1986more
Meseck-Selchow, Siegfried25-02-191520-10-2009more
Metzger, Richard06-02-191208-12-1982more
Meuter, Heinrich14-09-190913-01-1945more
Meyer, Herbert  more
Meyer, Hermann (Grenadier-Regiment 431)  
Meyer, Werner (SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9)18-09-191917-08-1996more
Meyercordt, Walter Dr.05-02-1919 more
Mez, Emil23-04-191215-06-1963more
Michaelis, Hans Klaus (Grenadier-Regiment 184)10-09-191026-05-2000more
Mickley, Hubert (Grenadier-Regiment 4)11-04-191830-12-1944more
Milius, Siegfried10-06-191621-08-1992more
Mistlbachner, Fritz25-05-192007-05-1988more
Mitschke, Martin (Gren.Rgt.(mot.) 200)10-10-192019-11-2008more
Mitterdorfer, Johann28-04-1910 more
Mitterhofer, Ludwig25-07-192131-01-1944
Mlinar, Stefan (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13)13-12-191503-02-1983more
Mock, Walter (Grenadier-Regiment 118)27-07-1919 more
Moldenhauer, Siegfried25-07-191526-08-1998more
Moll, Karl09-01-191500-00-1996more
Molz, Jacob (Gren.Reg.)01-01-191702-04-1944more
Monshausen, Richard Leo26-07-191120-10-1993more
Morigl, Josef20-05-192419-10-1944
Mosburger, Georg (Jäger-Regiment 204)25-12-191918-02-1945more
Moser, Georg01-12-192001-03-1944more
Muchau, Friedrich  more
Mummert, Werner (Generalmajor d.R.)31-03-189728-01-1950more
Murr, Heinz (Waffen SS)03-07-191907-08-1998more
Muth, Rolf17-03-1913 
Müller, Albert (Waffen-SS)20-09-191302-02-1993
Müller, Anton "Toni" (Infanterie-Regiment 503)12-04-191427-07-2006more
Müller, Christian (Grenadier-Regiment 119)  more
Müller, Erwin (Jäger-Regiment 56)12-12-1914 more
Müller, Fritz (WH-Jäger/Grenadier)03-10-190726-01-1994more
Müller, Heinrich (WH-Gren.Rgt. 464)06-02-191416-12-1944more
Müller, Heinz Fritz (SS-Panzergrenadier-Reg. 6)06-12-191217-03-1945more
Müller, Jakob13-02-1915 more
Müller, Johann (Grenadier-Regiment 220)  more
Müller, Otto Paul Rudolf 'Rudi' (WH-Art.Rgt. 24)22-07-191622-11-1985more
Müller, Rolf (SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 2)07-08-1915 more
Müller, Siegfried (Waffen SS)18-10-191407-04-1974more
Müller, Willy (Panzerpionier-Bataillon 144)21-04-190926-09-1968more
Mäder, Hellmuth05-07-190812-05-1984more
Möller, Heinrich Emil (Grenadier-Regiment 124)19-11-191610-07-1993more
Möller, Hubert (Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 209)08-06-1913 more
Möller, Ludwig Werner (Panzergr-Regiment 12)07-01-191922-09-1981more
Mörsch, Johann  
Mößlacher, Erhard (Waffen SS)16-06-192112-02-1945more

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