Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade Auction Archive 6 December 1862"

6 December 1862"

the finest example of the Gold Grade Wound Badge: In gilt tombac

8 mm (w) x 50 mm (h)

the reverse inscribed with the name of the medal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade Auction Archive 6 December 1862"(Nahkampfspange in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse with a national eagle and a bayonet and hand grenade in the centerpiece, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse plain, with a square magnetic back plate, reverse with horizontal banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 96. 60 mm (w) x 26. 62 mm (h),