Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, by Friedrich Linden Auction the reverse shows a horizontal

the reverse shows a horizontal pin

the 19th Alberta Dragoons of the Canadian Expeditionary Force

in addition to bearing the maker’s mark of Drago

the obverse maker marked “HERM

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, by Friedrich Linden Auction the reverse shows a horizontal(Nahkampfspange in Gold). Constructed of gilded 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, 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 plate, designer marked W.