Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive with attempts at repair evident

with attempts at repair evident

measuring 12 mm (w) x 12 mm (h) with a 40 mm-long needle

Lüdenscheid insignia

within a circular laurel and oak leaf wreath

Footnote: Charles Edward Tenney was born on July 25

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive with attempts at repair evident(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