Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade GTRexclude measuring 190 mm (l) x

measuring 190 mm (l) x 80 mm (w) x 253 mm (h)

then discharged to the Advanced Base Depot in Mustapha on October 18th

case for Golden Military Merit Cross is rare

the cap band bears an insignia in the form of a SS-style Totenkopf

During its first two months of deployment in Croatia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade GTRexclude measuring 190 mm (l) x(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a bayonet and hand 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 plain, with a square magnetic back plate, reverse with horizontal banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 96. 30 mm