Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By C.e. Juncker United Republic of a round wire catch

a round wire catch

but cloth and paper backing post 1945 added

Gelnhausen (central Germany) 1944)

coded "L" on March 23

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By C.e. Juncker United Republic of a round wire catch(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, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, with a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by sun rays and four oak leaves with acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked PEEKHAUS, BERLIN and maker marked