Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac light contact marks

light contact marks

one cigarette case

but with all the original silvering worn off due to age and wear

5 mm x 61 mm mm inclusive of its linden leaves and crossed branches suspension

suspended from its 30

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac light contact marks(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked W. E.