Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Souval Auction Archive authors of UBS’s “World Orders-Collection

authors of UBS’s “World Orders-Collection Tammann: Auction 80” argue that less than 1000 First Type insignia were awarded between 1882-1900

Sewn in place on the peak on the front is an Army (Heer) tropical eagle in tan and brown machine embroidery

The obverse features the image of a radiant sun with a lion passant in the center

but textbook example by maker Steinhauer & Lück

two are mounted to five-sided aluminum suspensions with pinbacks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Souval Auction Archive authors of UBS’s “World Orders-Collection(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, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, on top of a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four oak leaves and sun rays, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, maker marked with the logo of Rudolf Souval, Vienna, measuring 96. 70