Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Hymmen & Co. United Republic of measuring 37 mm (w) x

measuring 37 mm (w) x 4 mm (h))

dated 2 February 1945 and issued in the field

multiple parts

He spent two hard years as a prisoner of war with his comrades

and situated above a blackened banner bearing a raised and pebbled inscription of “ROHAM SZÁZAD” (“ASSAULT COMPANY”)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Hymmen & Co. United Republic of measuring 37 mm (w) x(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, overlaying a replacement magnetic iron backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate,