Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wehrmacht Close Assault Clasp, In Bronze, By Funcke & Brüninghaus GTRexclude with identical arm inscriptions

with identical arm inscriptions

and approximately 15 post War photos

The obverse bears a detailed acid-etched inscription of “ZUM 25 JÄHRIGEN DIENSTJUBILÄUM DIE GAUSTADT SALZBURG 1940” (“TO THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GAUSTADT OF SALZBURG 1940”)

47 mm x 60 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wehrmacht Close Assault Clasp, In Bronze, By Funcke & Brüninghaus GTRexclude with identical arm inscriptions(Nahrkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed slightly vaulted zink, the obverse with a national eagle and a bayonet and hand grenade in the centerpiece, 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 plain, with a square non magnetic backing plate horizontal pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch on the reverse, marked F & BL for Funcke &