Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Hymmen & Co. Auction while the fasces commemorates service

while the fasces commemorates service in Italy during the first World War

00 mm x 45

maker marked on reverse “DOUBL”

Welland Field Battery is acknowledged as having been awarded the CGSM with 1866 Clasp and having been at the Battle of Fort Erie

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Hymmen & Co. Auction while the fasces commemorates service(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, overlaying a replacement magnetic iron backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate,