Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade United Republic of silver with a silvered and

silver with a silvered and enamelled centrepiece

It carries the facsimile of Otto Meissner (1880–1953)

Defender of the Faith)

Accompanied by its award document

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade United Republic of silver with a silvered and(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a Wehrmacht style German eagle clutching a mobile swastika above a bayonet and stick grenade, within a square oak leaf wreath with a magnetic metal backplate, 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 with a barrel hinge and magnetic banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,