Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade Newly Listed In die stamped gilt metal

In die stamped gilt metal

He was later transferred to his home country of Ireland

maker marked “9” and “Ges

143 Galerie de Valois

67mm(height)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade Newly Listed In die stamped gilt metal(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,