Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold made "in field"

made "in field"

Iron Cross Second Class 1914 with Austrian Ribbon - Iron Core (magnetic)

with slight tarnish on the star

with a metal (magnetic) core

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold made "in field"(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, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, with a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four sun rays and four oak leaves with acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked PEEKHAUS, BERLIN, maker marked with