Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Newly Listed Die-stamped sheet metal with a

Die-stamped sheet metal with a bronze wash

1917 in Orchard

bearing four bands of interwoven silver aluminum wire piping

as "Unable to meet the required military physical standards"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Newly Listed Die-stamped sheet metal with a(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronze feinzink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, flanked on each side by four oak leaves and sun rays with acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked PEEKHAUS, BERLIN, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich