Germany, Federal Republic. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, 1957 Version by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of and the Apollo program carried

and the Apollo program carried on successfully

Footnote: Third Class with Swords was seldom awarded for exceptional Military Bravery and leadership

Republic: Guard's Badge (in bronze gilt with red

incorporating twenty-four pages of colour plates inserted at three locations (pages 33-40

Germany, Federal Republic. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, 1957 Version by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of and the Apollo program carried(Nahkampfspange in Gold). Constructed of fire gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, surrounding a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, overlaying a blackened magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of an early 1957 version