Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Third Pattern Fluted Pin Variant by Friedrich Linden visually-hidden The enamel suggests manufacture during

The enamel suggests manufacture during the 1930s-40s and is possibly a replacement for a lost example

first published in 1990 by Chimperie Agencies of Somerset West

then immigrated to Canada

the obverse depicting two angels hovering on either side of a red and white enameled cross

7 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced loop

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Third Pattern Fluted Pin Variant by Friedrich Linden visually-hidden The enamel suggests manufacture during(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,