Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade Newly Listed It is 210 mm long

It is 210 mm long and 45 mm wide at its widest spot

consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silvered frame

backed by field grey cloth

marked “Carl Poellath

The Patriotic Society provided Tayler with the monies to purchase a sword or vase

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade Newly Listed It is 210 mm long(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a bayonet and hand grenade, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse plain, with a square magnetic back plate, reverse with horizontal banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 96. 30 mm