A Silver Grade Close Combat Clasp By The Unknown 6-Dot Maker Hold This is a fine grouping

This is a fine grouping of War Merit Medals and Crosses

with one Gold Star on the ribbon)

It is dated to Berchtesgaden (southern Bavaria) on July 31

scattered green oxidation evident on the obverse

A Silver Grade Close Combat Clasp By The Unknown 6-Dot Maker Hold This is a fine groupingA 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;