Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive acid-engraved with the SS motto

acid-engraved with the SS motto "Meine Ehre heißt Treue" (“My Honour is Loyalty”) on the obverse

numbered “5714”

43 mm (w) x 49

to Private Thomas J

British War and Victory Medals (902010 A

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive acid-engraved with the SS motto(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a bayonet and hand grenade in the centerpiece, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides and four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked F. & B. L. for Funcke & Brninghaus, Ldenscheid, measuring 98.