Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive prepared under the direction of

prepared under the direction of the Chief of the General Staff by the Directorate of Artillery

as a Technical Intelligence Officer

103 mm (w) x 107 mm (h))

The case opens with an integrated brown leather strap

issued at brigade headquarters on 2 August 1944 for three wounds suffered on 25 July 1943

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive prepared under the direction of(Nahkampfspange in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, on top of a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four sun rays and four oak leaves with acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked F. & B. L. for