Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade Newly Listed dated “DEN 18 OCTOBER 1861”

dated “DEN 18 OCTOBER 1861” (German - The 18th of October 1861)

50-inch Browning machine gun

3 General Base Depot at Rouelles

It was intended to reward services rendered to the army

the buckle marked "SOLIDE"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade Newly Listed dated “DEN 18 OCTOBER 1861”(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a Wehrmacht style German eagle clutching a mobile swastika above a bayonet and stick grenade, within a square oak leaf wreath with a magnetic metal backplate, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse with a barrel hinge and magnetic banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,