Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Third Pattern by Friedirch Linden Archive worn on original ribbon attached

worn on original ribbon attached to hanger bar

Buckle in fire gilded brass

measures 610 mm (w) x 506 mm (w) including matte border

" The Treaty process started even before formal approval to negotiate it had been granted

Footnote: Joseph Vezkoff was born 24 March 1928 in Newcastle

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Third Pattern by Friedirch Linden Archive worn on original ribbon attached(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 and wide banjo style pinback (in this makers characteristic fat belly style) meeting a