Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive and a Honour Cross ribbon

and a Honour Cross ribbon with miniature swords

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

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

Description: Bronze gilt with red and blue enamels

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 and a Honour Cross ribbon(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