Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude and comprised about five hundred

and comprised about five hundred men from the construction forces of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company

at the age of 86

M MATTHIESEN & CO

5 mm (h) x 45 mm (w)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude and comprised about five hundred(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse with a central Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, within a square oak leaf wreath with a bronzed magnetic metal backplate, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, flanked on each side by four oak leaves and two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire