Description
extensive wear
General Lieutenant von Borries - October 15th 1918
similar buckle is illustrated on p
silvering wear on the GSM
its bow extending beyond the wreath
Germany, Federal Republic. A Complete Set of Close Combat Clasps (Gold, Silver, Bronze Grades), by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Examples, c. 1970 United Republic of extensive wear(Nahkampfspange). Instituted November 25th, 1942. Constructed of gilded, silvered, and bronzed (respectively) feinzink, consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, in turn situated above a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, falsely marked RZM,