Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Third Pattern Missing Wings Variant by C.E. Juncker Newly Listed faded postmark

faded postmark

the reverse inscribed “Heroic or Meritorious Achievement” in a circular fashion

MÜNCHEN” for the firm of Adalbert Breiter

fully lined on the exterior with a woven black rayon-blended cap band featuring linden branch and leaf designs

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Third Pattern Missing Wings Variant by C.E. Juncker Newly Listed faded postmark(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a central 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 a circular plate,