Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden Hold engraved with the interlocking initials

engraved with the interlocking initials "PL" on the upper arm and dated "18

and France: War Cross 1914-1918 (with silver star)

9 and 3 o'clock respectively

reverse arms are not enamelled but show detailed cross hatching in Gold

195 mm high

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden Hold engraved with the interlocking initials(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, in turn situated above a magnetic metal 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, designer marked W. E.