Germany, Wehrmacht. A Bronze Grade Close Combat Clasp, Unmarked Example by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of vertical rectangular pin with a

vertical rectangular pin with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch

the son of Thomas HenryLittle of Denmark Park

Very fine or better condition

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR VERDIENSTE UM DIE WEHRHAFTE ERTÜCHTIGUNG DER DEUTSCHEN REITERJUGEND” (“FOR MERIT IN STRENGTHENING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE GERMAN EQUESTRIAN YOUTH”)

1906 in Essen (western Germany)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Bronze Grade Close Combat Clasp, Unmarked Example by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of vertical rectangular pin with a(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zinc, the obverse consisting of a central square oak wreath topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, situated over a magnetic metal backplate (re fastened using grey glue), flanked on each side by four rays of and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch,