Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold 1917 when the USA entered

1917 when the USA entered the First World War

a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

due to the exertions of her officers

with a pearled border

the edge with a silver content number of “990” and an inscription of “SILBER”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold 1917 when the USA entered(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronze zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, with a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four acorns and sun rays with dual acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, bearing the remnants of a designer mark of