Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Archive shows a folding crease at

shows a folding crease at the centre

Measuring 269 mm x 140 mm (unfolded)

With the 8th Indian Division

as well as partly the front

12 Military District

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Archive shows a folding crease at(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse with a central Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, within a square oak leaf wreath with a bronzed magnetic metal backplate, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, flanked on each side by four oak leaves and two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire