Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive ring-style button hole attachment)

ring-style button hole attachment)

the book concludes with a date of “20 September 1884”

He received no awards or commendations

Scattered silvering wear on the buckle and receiving clip

as announced in the Fourth Supplement to the London Gazette 30807 of Friday

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive ring-style button hole attachment)(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade over a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four sun rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked F. & B. L. for Funcke &