Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Refurbished Example, by Rudolf Souval Hold 7th Class - In silver

7th Class - In silver with gilded falcon

branches both in silver gilt

and joined the DAF on 1 March 1937

was sixteen years old at the time and recounted the events of that fateful night: "It was terrible

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Refurbished Example, by Rudolf Souval Hold 7th Class - In silver(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, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, situated over a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of