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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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Rackl, Peter14-06-192430-09-1944
Radermacher, Karl12-12-192209-10-2016more
Radochla, Helmut03-01-191310-11-1990more
Radojewski, Johann10-10-1917 
Randow, von, Fritz (Infanterie-Regiment 4)18-07-190801-04-1995more
Rath, Hermann19-02-190530-08-1995more
Rathei, Johann15-02-192413-08-1944
Rech, Erich (SS-Pz-AA 10)15-12-192104-10-1944
Recktor, Konstantin02-03-1917 more
Reder, Walter "Bubi" (Waffen SS)04-02-191526-04-1991more
Reedijk, Meeuwis03-06-192301-11-1943
Rehbein, Ernst15-10-1914 more
Rehbein, Max H.09-12-191813-11-2015more
Reibstein, Günter01-02-1914 more
Reich, Heinz Kurt03-07-191913-01-1998more
Reichart, Josef24-06-192126-12-1943
Reichert, Leo21-10-192326-08-1944
Reichert, Willy07-08-191119-10-1944more
Reifner, Egon (Pionier-Bataillon 40)05-03-191628-06-1980more
Reimann, Hans (Grenadier-Regiment 358)17-05-191731-01-1945
Reimann, Dr. jur. Wilhelm (Jäger-Regiment 724)24-03-191430-12-1990more
Reinefarth, Heinrich (Heinz) Friedrich25-12-190307-05-1979more
Reinwald, Max01-09-190308-06-1969more
Reitböck, Georg29-03-192007-04-1944
Reißmann, Paul (Waffen SS)17-01-192008-11-1944more
Remer, Otto-Ernst18-08-191204-10-1997more
Remmert, Heinz Hermann (Grenadier-Regiment 464)28-03-192229-04-2017more
Rhein, Joseph08-05-191715-02-2005more
Rheinschild, Wilhelm (Grenadier-Regiment 189)  
Richter, Bruno23-11-191406-06-1993more
Richter, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich "Fritz" (SS)09-05-191130-08-1989
Ried, Franz25-08-192104-04-2002more
Ried, Pius (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 40)05-02-191528-02-1977more
Rieflin, Fritz (Waffen SS)05-02-192001-02-1996more
Riehs, Otto (Infanterie-Regiment 55)12-08-192129-05-2008more
Ritgen, Udo26-06-191611-10-2010more
Ritzberger, Alois28-11-192108-04-1944
Rizzi, Heinrich Eduard22-06-1915 more
Roge, Alfred01-06-191512-05-1945more
Rohde, Hermann (Grenadier-Regiment 587)  more
Rohlfs, Kurt (Pionier-Bataillon 20)24-12-191808-05-1945more
Rohrbeck, Kurt07-09-191410-07-1992more
Roland, Heinz21-10-191326-07-1985more
Romeike, Hans-Georg05-12-192014-01-1944more
Romes, Nikolaus27-04-191903-04-2012more
Rompzick, Johannes30-09-192013-03-1970more
Roßhart, Emil23-10-191903-04-1990
Rubatscher, Karl (Waffen SS)23-12-191203-08-1997more
Ruddeck, Walter  
Rudnick, Erich (Grenadier-Regiment 45)01-07-191625-11-1988more
Ruge, Gerd17-08-191318-01-1997more
Ruhl, Heinrich31-08-191501-12-2015more
Runge, Herbert  
Rupp, Claudius10-09-1919 more
Rupp, Otto17-04-1915 more
Rust, Wolfgang Gottfried Joachim (Gren.Reg.11)15-09-191915-12-2007more
Rutzen, Werner03-04-1919 more
Rüd, Adolf (Waffen SS)05-07-191602-08-1944more
Rögelein, Friedrich 'Fritz'26-06-191025-03-1999more
Röger, Johannes Evangelist "Hans"13-07-192012-04-2009more
Röll, Wilhelm23-10-192430-01-1945
Röllecke, Josef (Waffen SS)23-08-192428-09-2011more
Röseke, Erich24-01-192102-05-1994more

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