measures approximately: 38cm long and 19cm tall (or 15 1/4” long and 7 1/2” tall)
3 mm (h - inclusive of black enameled cross)
Footnote: this clasp is well illustrated in Dietrich Maerz/George Stimson Book “The Iron Cross 1st Class”
with loss of some silvering due to wear
United Nations Emergency Force Medal
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Josef Feix & Söhne Hold measures approximately: 38cm long and(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of zink, the obverse centerpiece topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika above a crossed 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, designer marked F. E. C. W. E. PEEKHAUS, BERLIN, maker marked with the