Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff

(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Type 1.4.3 Small Font CCC “C.” A clasp with a central motif of a German mark 24 stick grenade crossed with a 98k carbine bayonet, which is surmounted by the army national emblem eagle clutching a swastika in its talons, the eagle’s wings appear to be sitting on a box created by six small oak leaves, adjacent to these oak leaves is ornate scrollwork which frames the sides of the central motif, extending outward from each side of the central motif are two ridged arrowheads, completing the design and overlying the arrowheads are two acorns and four large oak leaves sprouting out of the centre of the scrollwork on either side, the reverse plain with a fluted pin with a barrel hinge and a round steel catch, marked on reverse with “FEC. W.E. PEEKHAUS BERLIN” for the designer and “AUSF. A.G.M.u.K GABLONZ.” for Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff, measuring 98.06 mm (w) x 25.71 mm (h), weighing 33.2 g, and in near mint condition.

Footnote: Type identified using Thomas M. Durante, A Collectors Guide to the German Close Combat Clasp of World War II (Papjay, 2007), 80.