Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude large contact mark evident across

large contact mark evident across the top of the cypher just below the crown

bordered by laurels

twenty-one with a single screwback

the exterior bearing a machine-embroidered black inscription of “WAFFEN-SS”

measuring 136 mm (w) x 284 mm (l) x 50 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude large contact mark evident across(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, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, above a magnetic metal backplate, 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 round wire catch, designer marked PEEKHAUS, BERLIN and maker