Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive A First War Imperial Prussian

A First War Imperial Prussian Automobile Corps Dagger - Measuring 460 mm

18 mm (w) x 39

Its members were known as străjeri ("sentinels")

They were issued and purchased on a little fob chain in cafes and other mess halls etc

obverse illustrating a group of seven officers standing upon a u-boat

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive A First War Imperial Prussian(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse with a central Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a bayonet and stick grenade, within a square oak leaf wreath, 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, the