Unique, period-hand-carved 'award-box' holding resp. a (superb!): 'Nahkampfspange in Bronze', an: 'EK II.Kl.', a: 'Verwundeten-Abz. in Schwarz' and a (regrettably denazified!) 'Erdkampfabz. der Luftwaffe'

This is a very attractive - and most certainly unique! - wooden-based and period-hand-carved 'award-box' (sized: 17,5 x 13 cms.) holding respectively a: 'Nahkampfspange in Bronze' (or: bronze-class close-combat clasp ie. CCC) being a neatly maker- (ie. 'JFS'-) marked- and/or minimally converse-shaped version by the company: 'Joseph Feix u. Söhne' based in the town of Gablonz, an: 'Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse' (or: iron cross second-class) being a non-maker-marked example, a: 'Verwundeten-Abzeichen in Schwarz' (or: black-class wound-badge) being a neatly maker- (ie. '65'-) marked example by the company: 'Klein & Quenzer' as was based in the town of Oberstein and a: (regrettably denazified!) luxuriously-styled: 'Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe' (or: air-force, ground-combat war-badge) being a neatly maker- (ie. 'M.u.K. 5'-) marked example by the company: 'Metall u. Kunststoff' and that comes in an overall nicely preserved- and fully untouched, condition. This set was found as such by me some years ago and originated from the (regrettably unidentified) soldier who possibly made this in captivity and kept it for decades. The CCC - which has a truly very detailed and/or pronounced appearance - is as stated above a neatly maker-marked specimen bearing the makers'-signification- (ie. logo: 'JFS') on its back, denoting that this is a piece as was produced by the: 'Joseph Feix u. Söhne'-company as based in the town of Gablonz. Moreover, does it show the usually encountered designer-marking that reads: 'Fec.W.E. Peekhaus - Berlin'. The 'Spange' is as stated minimally converse-shaped and shows a neat flute-shaped and equally bronze-toned - pin (and/or catch-/catch-set-up) both which are of course still present and/or fully functional. The clasp truly retains almost all of its original (darker-coloured) bronze-toned finish and has never been cleaned nor polished: it does show some truly minimal- and non-disturbing wear-marks (as can be seen on the pictures). The 'crimped' (bluish-steel-coloured) metal-based 'back-plate' is naturally also present and firmly in place. It deals (I deem) with a so-called: 'JFS - 2nd pattern - Raised Designer's Mark'-specimen (as uniquely numbered with the reference-number: '6.5' according to the excellent reference-work entitled: 'The German Close Combat Clasp of World War II' by my American friend Thomas Durante). The 'Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse' (or: iron cross second-class) is a non-maker-marked example (I deem as produced by the 'Wächtler u. Lange'-company as was based in the town of Mittwaida) that retains an undamaged, black-coloured 'core' and most of it 'hochpolierte Kanten' (or polished sides) as can be noticed on the pictures. The 'Verwundeten-Abzeichen in Schwarz' (or: black-class wound-badge) is a clearly maker- (ie. '65'-) marked example by the company: 'Klein & Quenzer' as was based in the town of Oberstein that is worn but that retains most of its black-coloured finish. The luxuriously-styled: 'Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe' (or: air-force, ground-combat war-badge) is a clearly maker- (ie. 'M.u.K. 5'-) marked example by the company: 'Metall u. Kunststoff' that shows a typical 'triple-riveted' eagle-device and fully functional and unaltered pin-/catch set-up but that has regrettably been denazified (as can be noticed on the pictures). The box is nicely hand-carved and shows great detail: it shows the dates: '1939 - 1945': all four awards do fit very nicely in the cut-out sections. Simply an attractive - and with certainty unique! - piece of history that is I deem accordingly priced!

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