Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Archive 25 year Long Service Award

25 year Long Service Award

(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Etui)

When his battery was going into action several shells burst in the midst of the column

In his own war memories General Patton stated later: "I can say this

measuring 84 mm x 95 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Archive 25 year Long Service Award(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 &