Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By C.e. Juncker certificate_of_authenticity A red enameled Anchor Cross

A red enameled Anchor Cross in silver

maker marked “Mayer & Wilhelm

measuring 108 mm (w) x 40 mm (h))

culminating in a disastrous Daily Telegraph interview that cost him most of his power in 1908

the exterior cover is embossed with a central shield encompassed by a wreath within a rectangle border

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By C.e. Juncker certificate_of_authenticity A red enameled Anchor Cross(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed sword and bayonet, flanked on each side by four oak leaves and sun rays with acorns, the centrepiece retaining its magnetic metal backplate, the reverse with a flat wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, measuring 96. 84 mm (w) x 25. 72 mm (h), weighing 26. 4