Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude Lüdenscheid began supplying Iron Crosses

Lüdenscheid began supplying Iron Crosses in 1917

with Johnston later transferred to the 21st Infantry Battalion

In silvered bronze with light blue and white enamels

the stick pin in bronze

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude Lüdenscheid began supplying Iron Crosses(Nahkampfspange in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse with a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika above a bayonet and stick grenade, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a magnetic metal centerpiece backer, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of