Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Archive Sorgenfrey

Sorgenfrey

Berlin was a maker of this badge

Above the visor sits two rows of twisted silver aluminum bullion wire

(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Etui)

The Germans counterattacked and drove the Canadians back

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Archive Sorgenfrey(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 &