Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Rudolf Souval Auction hallmarked with a boar's head

hallmarked with a boar's head on the pin

the sole maker of this buckle

and finished in a deep tan

(Das Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges 1914/1918 für hinterbliebenen Witwen und Eltern gefallener Kriegsteilnehmer)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Rudolf Souval Auction hallmarked with a boar's head(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central 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 banjo style horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular