Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, by Friedrich Linden Auction (HJ Ausweispapiere

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A First War Bavarian Military Merit Medal Bar - Mounted as worn

1945 inclusive

From on 1939 to 1944

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, by Friedrich Linden Auction (HJ Ausweispapiere(Nahkampfspange in Gold). Constructed of gilded 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, 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 plate, designer marked W.