Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden Archive the exterior with a central

the exterior with a central machine-embroidered red Geneva Cross

A finely manufactured silver star in typical Halley style

all set on a 90 mm-long zink bar with a black wool reverse liner and horizontal pinback

"Ordine Costantiniano Nemagnico di Santo Stefano""

later to see service in Germany at Hamburg

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden Archive the exterior with a central(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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, in turn 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 base, designer