all closing with scalloped flaps perforated with reinforced buttonholes meeting pebbled buttons
featuring an envelope and all original insets
the handle composed of two parallel bars bearing floral motifs on both sides and connected via two crosspieces with a large ball at the mid-point on each crosspiece
unworn fine quality example
" He was classified with "Neurasthenia" (mechanical weakness of the actual nerves) and was evacuated on November 28th by Ambulance Train and invalided to the Canadian Army Reserve Depot at Witley
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade with Case, by A.G.M.u.K. Newly Listed all closing with scalloped flaps(Nahkampfspange in Bronze mit Etui). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a 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 an integral hinge and fluted pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a crimped base,