Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade Newly Listed 67mm(height)

67mm(height)

from September 16

maker marked “9” and “Ges

Gregory of Washington

He was later transferred to his home country of Ireland

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade Newly Listed 67mm(height)(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a Wehrmacht style German eagle clutching a mobile swastika above a bayonet and stick grenade, within a square oak leaf wreath with a magnetic metal backplate, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse with a barrel hinge and magnetic banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,