Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Newly Listed published in 1902

published in 1902

the obverse bearing a set of SS runes within an oak wreath

measuring 120 mm (w) x 80 mm (h)

Less than ten years later

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Newly Listed published in 1902(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, 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, set over a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four oak leaves and sun rays with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Funcke