Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Josef Feix & Söhne Newly Listed Armed Forces Merit Medal (in

Armed Forces Merit Medal (in bronze gilt

A Wehrmacht-issued Soldbuch

the reverse with a block hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from an oval base plate

with ornate cherry blossom and floral motives

measuring 38 mm (w) x 54 mm (l)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Josef Feix & Söhne Newly Listed Armed Forces Merit Medal (in(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, 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 emanating from a crimped base and a tapering horizontal pinback, designer marked W. E.