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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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Haase, Horst (Panzerjäger-Kompanie 1162)* January 29th, 1910
† March 7th, 1991

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Haberfellner, Friedrich* October 7th, 1919
† April 30th, 1944

Habermann, Karl* January 31st, 1914
† February 23rd, 1944

Hack, Franz (Waffen SS)* February 3rd, 1915
† June 9th, 1997

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Haderecker, Hermann* April 27th, 1915
† August 5th, 2001

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Hafner, Albert Stefan* February 7th, 1915
† November 27th, 1943
Plot: 15 Row: 16 Grave: 2585

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Hagedorn, Hubert* September 13th, 1922
† July 6th, 2010

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Hagmeister, Reimund* February 3rd, 1915

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Hahl, Fritz Gottlob (Waffen SS)* December 25th, 1922
† February 24th, 2017

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Hahlbohm, Adolf (Grenadier-Regiment 956)* December 20th, 1913
† February 13th, 1945
Plot: 33 Grave: 755

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Hahn, Walter (Grenadier-Regiment 110)* April 11th, 1914
† January 31st, 2002

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Hain, Horst* February 22nd, 1920
† May 26th, 1994

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Hainthaler, Alois* May 23rd, 1922
† May 8th, 1945

Hamacher, Adolf* February 9th, 1913
† April 27th, 1944

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Hamberger, Karl (Grenadier-Regiment 62)* April 5th, 1917
† January 1945

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Hamburger, Otto (Grenadier-Regiment 426)* April 28th, 1909
† March 22nd, 1995

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Hannappel, Johannes Hugo* December 29th, 1912
† August 26th, 1943

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Hanrath, Franz* April 12th, 1914
† June 8th, 1944

Harden, Karl (Grenadier-Regiment 76)* August 1st, 1914
† December 12th, 1986

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Harnack, Martin Georg* February 28th, 1921
† June 3rd, 1984

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Harrendorf, Hermann* May 18th, 1896
† March 27th, 1966

Hartmann, Hermann (Pionier-Bataillon 34)* September 10th, 1916
† October 29th, 1981

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Harttrumpf, Paul (Grenadier-Regiment 12)* March 1st, 1919
† October 29th, 1991

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Harzenetter, Joseph "Johann"* June 3rd, 1920
† April 1st, 1983

Hauser, Hans (Waffen SS)* January 31st, 1916
† November 21st, 2001
Plot: 16 Row: 1 Grave: 8

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Hauser, Heinrich* July 10th, 1918
† January 24th, 1944

Hauswurz, Horst (Grenadier-Regiment 97)* December 19th, 1921
† 2014

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Hawelka, Heinrich* July 11th, 1917
† August 21st, 1995

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Haxter, Wilhelm* November 11th, 1914
† March 12th, 1970

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Hedde, Klaus-Peter* November 29th, 1913

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Heesen, von, Albert* January 21st, 1914

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Heger, Otto* December 28th, 1911
† August 29th, 2006

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Heiden, von der, Walter (Pionier-Bataillon 150)* April 7th, 1911
† March 28th, 1991

Heimsath, Paul* 1919
† 1982

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Heinke, Heinrich (Waffen SS)* February 28th, 1912

Heinlein, Walter (Panzerartillerie-Regiment 74)* September 21st, 1919
† May 4th, 2014

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Heinz, Gustav (Grenadier-Regiment 105)* July 21st, 1915
† September 4th, 1943
Grave: UNK

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Hektor, Albert (Waffen SS)* October 23rd, 1919
† April 9th, 1945

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Hellmann, Wilhelm* September 17th, 1915

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Hellmers, Johannes* October 23rd, 1918
† December 15th, 1999

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Hempel, Alfred* July 27th, 1920
† August 7th, 1989

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Hendlmeier, Bruno* March 2nd, 1921
† April 2nd, 1944

Hengg, Rudolf Anselm* October 29th, 1923
† August 19th, 1944

Henkenschuh, Hans* August 30th, 1919
† June 1st, 1981

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Hennig, Heinrich (Füsilier-Regiment 22)* March 14th, 1917
† April 17th, 1945
Grave: UNK

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Herfurth, Gerhard* December 19th, 1921
† January 22nd, 1945

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Herfurth, Heinz-Friedhelm* July 28th, 1914
† February 12th, 1972

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Herlan, Friedrich Wilhelm Christian* August 29th, 1898
† July 17th, 1976

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Hermanns, Christian† January 26th, 1944

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Herpolsheimer, Horst* October 3rd, 1920

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Hertel, Rüdiger* August 26th, 1919
† August 27th, 1995

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Herzog, Karl* July 6th, 1906
† January 25th, 1998

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Hesse, Heinrich (WH-Gren.Rgt. 366)* November 29th, 1913
† April 6th, 1963

Heydebrand und der Lasa, von, Ernst-Oskar* December 26th, 1921
† June 29th, 2002

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Hiebsch, Oskar* July 24th, 1903

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Hilber, Emil* January 3rd, 1921

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Hilgemann, Dr.med.vet., Klaus* February 21st, 1918
† July 6th, 1973

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Hilmer, Wilhelm (Waffen SS)* September 7th, 1918
† August 17th, 1944
Grave: UNK

Hindelang, Anton* May 16th, 1914
† September 17th, 1944

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Hinz, Harry* June 21st, 1921

Hippel, Ferdinand (Grenadier-Regiment 253)* September 4th, 1903
† April 18th, 1968

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Hirning, Hans (Waffen SS)* November 14th, 1922
† April 30th, 1945

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Hirschauer, Hans* August 23rd, 1923
† February 28th, 1945
Plot: 2 Row: 20 Grave: 1854

Hirsekorn, Hermann* April 11th, 1918
† September 1944
Plot: 29 Row: 2 Grave: 99

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Hoeth, Hans-Lothar* October 4th, 1917

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Hofbauer, Franz* March 25th, 1921
† February 11th, 1994

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Hofer, Lothar (Waffen SS)* September 18th, 1914
† January 22nd, 1999

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Hofinger, Josef* September 28th, 1918
† June 25th, 1944

Hofmann, Erich Louis Peter* March 4th, 1908
† April 21st, 1967

Hofmeister, Walter* May 28th, 1910
† January 28th, 1944

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Hoidn, Franz* October 16th, 1905
† August 19th, 1944
Plot: 5 

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Hollekamp, Josef* August 19th, 1920
† December 20th, 1992

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Holzer, Friedrich 'Friedl' (Waffen SS)* May 13th, 1912
† November 9th, 1984

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Holzhauer, Fritz (Aufklärungs-Abteilung 299)* May 16th, 1916
† July 10th, 1944
Grave: UNK

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Hopf, Lorenz* December 12th, 1915
† August 2nd, 1944

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Horn, Gerhard (Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 218)* February 27th, 1920
† January 28th, 1945
Grave: UNK

Horstman, Gerrit Jan* December 18th, 1921
† May 4th, 1944

Hoyer, Ludwig "Lutz"* May 26th, 1914
† June 28th, 1944

Huber, Johann* August 12th, 1913
† May 2nd, 1944

Huber, Joseph* March 17th, 1909
† August 12th, 1993

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Hutter, Thomas* March 14th, 1914
† September 25th, 1943
Plot: 5 Row: 4 Grave: 221

Hübner, Alois* September 19th, 1913
† September 23rd, 1944
Plot: 4 Row: 4 Grave: 1973

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Hübner, Eduard* April 16th, 1914
† October 1st, 1996

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Hübner, Fritz (Jäger-Regiment 207)* July 26th, 1914
† October 30th, 1944
Plot: A Row: 18 Grave: 391

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Häringer, Thomas* August 8th, 1920
† February 6th, 1944

Höfling, Oskar Josef* February 12th, 1924
† May 7th, 1944

Högerl, Alois* February 24th, 1916
† October 28th, 1944

Högl, Franz-Josef* October 21st, 1916
† November 29th, 1996

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Högn, Josef* April 26th, 1920
† December 24th, 1944
Plot: 12 Row: 4 Grave: 283

Hönscheid, Johannes Matthias* July 14th, 1922
† March 2nd, 2001

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Hörnicke, Werner (Waffen SS)* March 9th, 1907
† April 30th, 1982

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Hösl, Friedrich* May 9th, 1920

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Hößlin, von, Hartmut* March 25th, 1919
† August 31st, 2005

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