Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude Measuring 21 mm x 77

Measuring 21 mm x 77 mm

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35 mm x 96 mm

USS Herring headed for the Kurile Islands patrol area

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude Measuring 21 mm x 77(Nahkampfspange in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, overlaying 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 emanating from an oval plate, designer marked W.