Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold Raban’s Gesundheitsblatt (health paper) carries

Raban’s Gesundheitsblatt (health paper) carries a stamp that places him in the SS Totenkopf unit guarding the KZ Buchenwald

no one can be awarded for the first time a rank higher than Knight

78 mm in diameter

(Wehramcht Dienstauszeichnung für 18 Dienstjahre)

His exceptionally meritorious conduct

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold Raban’s Gesundheitsblatt (health paper) carries(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse with a national eagle and a bayonet and hand grenade in the centerpiece, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse plain, with a square magnetic back plate, reverse with horizontal banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch, marked with logo of maker Friedrich Linden,