Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden Archive standard dual-claw crossbar and soldered-on

standard dual-claw crossbar and soldered-on catch on the reverse

Berlin - Gilded tombac

later to see service in Germany at Hamburg

Accompanied by the original award document to Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

the exterior with a central machine-embroidered red Geneva Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden Archive standard dual-claw crossbar and soldered-on(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