Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Third Pattern Missing Wings Variant by C.E. Juncker United Republic of with the double headed imperial

with the double headed imperial eagle on obverse

In 1916 the unit raised the 172nd Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force for overseas deployment

measuring 175 mm in length x 82

and rare in this condition

set within a golden-yellow border

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Third Pattern Missing Wings Variant by C.E. Juncker United Republic of with the double headed imperial(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a central 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 oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, emanating from a circular plate,