Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold A Newsmap issue

A Newsmap issue

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Instituted 31 December 1936

38 WHW (Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes/Winter Relief of the German People) donation badge

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold A Newsmap issue(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, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, with a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by sun rays and four oak leaves with acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked PEEKHAUS, BERLIN and maker marked