Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Archive signature of Kaiser Wilhelm II

signature of Kaiser Wilhelm II

with pin assembly having been period repaired/re-affixed

12 Military District

Measuring 511mm (w) x 426 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Archive signature of Kaiser Wilhelm II(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