Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff Republic of the reverse inscribed “Octo Lustra”

the reverse inscribed “Octo Lustra” (Latin - 38) within a laurel wreath

Sotheby June 1983

Meise was mobilized as part of a mounted engineer unit and saw extensive frontline service

25 grams inclusive of its ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff Republic of the reverse inscribed “Octo Lustra”(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four stylized rays and oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with an integral hinge and banjo style horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked