Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Refurbished Transitional Example by Rudolf Souval GTRexclude (Ehrenmedaille für 25 Jährige verdienstvolle

(Ehrenmedaille für 25 Jährige verdienstvolle Tätigkeit auf dem Gebiete des Feuerwehr und Rettungswesen)

Government officials would receive the I Class for 10 years of service

His design was based on helmets used by Parisian firefighters

along with light contact overall

interspersed with five-pointed stars and flanked by clusters of oak leaves

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, Refurbished Transitional Example by Rudolf Souval GTRexclude (Ehrenmedaille für 25 Jährige verdienstvolle(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked