Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp In Bronze By Josef Feix & Söhne Archive with a slender banjo style

with a slender banjo style pinback and a functional hinge/catch assembly

central medallion depicting a black enameled swastika ringed by a raised inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (The German Mother)

ribbons in very fine condition

credited with having served 326 days in Canada

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp In Bronze By Josef Feix & Söhne Archive with a slender banjo style(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed feinzink, the obverse consisting of a crossed bayonet and stick grenade inside of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, flanked on each side by four sunrays and four oak leaves, the centerpiece with a magnetic metal backplate, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a designers mark of F. E. C. W. E.