Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade Auction Archive and Mailly-Raineval

and Mailly-Raineval

wear and light soiling along the open edge of the liner and wear on the chin strap from active use

5 mm wide at the base x 32

the face with a circular central gilt-edged white enamel medallion bearing a red painted Jerusalem cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade Auction Archive and Mailly-Raineval(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a bayonet and hand grenade, 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 plain, with a square magnetic back plate, reverse with horizontal banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 96. 30 mm