A Silver Grade Close Combat Clasp By The Unknown 6-Dot Maker Auction Archive A Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1

A Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1

Likely a custom jeweler manufacture for award winner

with scimitar-wielding hand and mobile swastika

signed in ink

the injury must have been severe

A Silver Grade Close Combat Clasp By The Unknown 6-Dot Maker Auction Archive A Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1A textbook example of an mid war manufacture German Nahrkampfspange; in silvered vaulted zink; the onverse with a national eagle and a bayonet and a hand grenade in the centerpiece, 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 backing plate; horizontal banjo style pin, with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch on the reverse;