Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Buy Now with a green enameled wreath

with a green enameled wreath through the quadrants of the cross

measuring 65 mm

This was because many of the Merchant seamen were taken as prisoners of war

measuring 51 mm (w) x 56 mm (h - inclusive of horizontally pierced ball suspension)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Buy Now with a green enameled wreath(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, 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, set over a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four oak leaves and sun rays with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Funcke