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 maker marked with the logo

maker marked with the logo of the Royal Mint in Stuttgart

constructed of a two-step tapering marble base

87 mm x 137 mm respectively

pinned with a silvered bronze rank pip

slightly bent heads and central medallion

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 maker marked with the logo(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.