measures approximately: 38cm long and 19cm tall (or 15 1/4” long and 7 1/2” tall)
3 mm (h - inclusive of black enameled cross)
mounted to a five-sided metal suspension with pinback
Footnote: this clasp is well illustrated in Dietrich Maerz/George Stimson Book “The Iron Cross 1st Class”
finished with dual black ribbons at the rear
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Josef Feix & Söhne Hold measures approximately: 38cm long and(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of zink, the obverse centerpiece topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked F. E. C. W. E. PEEKHAUS, BERLIN, maker marked with the