Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Late-War Example by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive affixed to a custom-fit pedestal

affixed to a custom-fit pedestal

in order to maintain its quality for posterity

a second depicting a group of NCOs

1 grams (with its ribbon)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Late-War Example by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive affixed to a custom-fit pedestal(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, overlaying a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge emanating from an oval plate and a fluted pinback meeting a round wire catch similarly