Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction It tore through the rigging

It tore through the rigging

the obverse bearing a hand-carved and etched depiction of the badge in wood bark

on a ring for suspension

The 21st Lancers did not see service on the Western Front during the First World War

A 1935 NSDAP “Day of the Franks: celebration badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction It tore through the rigging(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade over a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four sun rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked F. & B. L. for Funcke &