Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac gilt wear and contact marks

gilt wear and contact marks on the brass fittings

dated 11 December 1937 and issued from Essen

RCNVR Printed Pre-Signed Christmas Card from Lieutenant A

functional and fine condition

the reverse with an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A4/931” and a secondary code of “159968”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac gilt wear and contact marks(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered 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, situated above a toned non 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,