Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden Auction Hazara 1888)

Hazara 1888)

mounted as single piece

the exterior trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with black tresses

with crossed swords suspended from a loop at the top of the medal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden Auction Hazara 1888)(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, in turn situated above a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an