Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, First Pattern by Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction good very fine)

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Trawlers and Drifters of the Auxiliary Patrol during the period in question have carried out their duties under extremely hazardous conditions of weather and exposure to enemy attack and mines with marked zeal

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A 1930's Latvian Officer's Dress Buckle - Buckle in bronze and blue enamel

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, First Pattern by Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction good very fine)(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, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade overlaying 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 tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the