Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive Palmer and Maude Palmer of

Palmer and Maude Palmer of Greenhurst

mint condition with extremely well preserved black paint and lustrous silver frame

the bands exhibiting the traditional oakleaves design

Sold with a good amount of research including copied pay lists

his future brother-in-law

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive Palmer and Maude Palmer of(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Of multi piece construction, composed of bronzed zink with a magnetic metal backing plate, the obverse with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika and a bayonet and hand grenade in the centerpiece, 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 plain with a horizontal banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a round wire