Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden visually-hidden on loop for suspension from

on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon 40

possibly reading “RATH”

the rear and the sides trimmed in dark brown embroidered piping

and enlisted in the Wehrmacht in Bernburg on 3 July 1939

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden visually-hidden on loop for suspension from(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 raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an