Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden Archive later to see service in

later to see service in Germany at Hamburg

"Ordine Costantiniano Nemagnico di Santo Stefano""

standard dual-claw crossbar and soldered-on catch on the reverse

all set on a 90 mm-long zink bar with a black wool reverse liner and horizontal pinback

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden Archive later to see service in(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, in turn 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 and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oval base, designer