Germany, Federal Republic. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, 1957 Version United Republic of Together with related contemporary miniatures

Together with related contemporary miniatures

The ricasso also bears a stamped TeNo-style German national eagle

BUTLER / MASSACHUSETTS / PFC INFANTRY / WORLD WAR II / NOV 16 1919 L 317 OCT 12 1944"

measuring 32 mm (w) x 37 mm (h)

VCURAKIO maker mark

Germany, Federal Republic. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, 1957 Version United Republic of Together with related contemporary miniatures(Nahkampfspange in Gold Ausfhrung 1957). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of an square oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked measuring 95 mm (w) x 25 mm (h), missing its backplate, an early 1957 version in better than very fine condition.