Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden Auction marked on reverse with Reichszeugmeisterei

marked on reverse with Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) code “M9/56” and maker “Werner Redo

black and light blue enamels

and Italian Victory Medal (in bronze

Nine Years Landwehr Long Service Award

number engraved “11711” on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Second Pattern by Friedrich Linden Auction marked on reverse with Reichszeugmeisterei(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, flanked on each side by four stylized rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oval plate, designer marked W. E. PEEKHAUS, BERLIN and maker