Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden Auction and execution of Burno Richard

and execution of Burno Richard Hauptmann

mounted as single piece

the exterior trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with black tresses

4 in Gmunden

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden Auction and execution of Burno Richard(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, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, in turn situated above a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an