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

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

Honour Cross (GOLD and enamels

A Miniature Zeppelin Stickpin - In silvered bronze

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 &