the reverse with a block hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from an oval base plate
obverse illustrating a figure of Liberty on the left holding an unsheathed sword in her right hand and a shield in her left hand
for 12 years if found eligible for service as an NCO
measuring 38 mm (w) x 54 mm (l)
many of which are silvered of gilded
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Josef Feix & Söhne Newly Listed the reverse with a block(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.