Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Third Pattern Fluted Pin Variant by Friedrich Linden visually-hidden measuring 142 mm (w) x

measuring 142 mm (w) x 200 mm (h)

After an inspection by SS Doctor Pfloeger

first published in 1990 by Chimperie Agencies of Somerset West

around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Third Pattern Fluted Pin Variant by Friedrich Linden visually-hidden measuring 142 mm (w) x(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, overlaying a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a crimped hinge and fluted banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a crimped base,