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Close Combat Clasp

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|name=Close Combat Clasp
Nahkampfspange
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|caption=Close Combat Clasp in Gold, Silver, and Bronze
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|type=Clasp
|eligibility=Heer, Kriegsmarine and Waffen-SS personnel
|for=hand-to-hand fighting
|campaign=World War II
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|established=25 November 1942
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|total=36,400 Bronze Class
9,500 Silver Class
631 Gold Class.^[1]
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The Close Combat Clasp ({{lang-de|Nahkampfspange}}) is a German military award instituted on 25 November 1942 for achievement in hand-to-hand fighting in close quarters. The Close Combat Clasp was worn above the upper left uniform pocket. The clasp was die-cast and made of either tombac or later zinc, with a slightly curved centerpiece consisting of the national emblem surmounting a crossed bayonet and hand grenade.

The award was bestowed in three classes: Bronze for 15 close combat battles; Silver for 25 battles; and Gold for 50+ battles.^[1] The Gold Close Combat Clasp was often regarded in higher esteem than the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross by the German infantry. Of the roughly 18–20 million soldiers of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS, 36,400 received the Bronze Class, 9,500 the Silver Class and 631 the Gold Class.^[2]

In popular culture

In Where Eagles Dare, Maj. Von Hapen (Derren Nesbitt) is portrayed wearing the decoration in gold (how a Gestapo officer would have qualified for such a rare combat decoration is left unexplained).
In Sam Peckinpah's film Cross of Iron, Sgt. Rolf Steiner (James Coburn), is portrayed wearing the decoration in gold (it is highly unlikely, however, that a soldier would wear such a conspicuous decoration in a combat zone).
In Breakthrough, a sequel to Cross of Iron, Richard Burton plays Steiner and is also portrayed wearing the decoration.

References

1. ^{{Cite book|title=The German Close Combat Clasp of World War II|last=Thomas M.|first=Durante|publisher=|year=2007|isbn=978-90-812301-1-7|location=|pages=}}
2. ^¹Berger 2004, p. 6.

Sources

Thomas M. Durante (2007), The German Close Combat Clasp of World War II, {{ISBN|978-90-812301-1-7}}
Florian Berger (2004), Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold, {{ISBN|3-9501307-3-X}}

{{List of military decorations of the Third Reich |state=collapsed}}{{Subject bar
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| portal2=World War II
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3 : Awards established in 1942|Military awards and decorations of Germany (Wehrmacht)|1942 establishments in Germany

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