Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude wear from period use

wear from period use

the reverse centre presents a silver fasces over a field of blue enamel

weighing 402

16 mm x 75 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude wear from period use(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, in turn situated above a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an