Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade Auction Archive in early January 1974

in early January 1974

maker marked “З

There are three small and four large buttons at the front on the far right side

hand-stitched to a red backing

70 mm (w) x 100

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade Auction Archive in early January 1974(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse with a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika above a bayonet and stick grenade, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, with a magnetic metal backplate, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked measuring 96. 13 mm (w) x 25. 28 mm (h), weighing