Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive It was the first Order

It was the first Order founded as an Order of Merit based on the principle of equality of birth

with attempts at repair evident

within a circular laurel and oak leaf wreath

A Bulgarian Second War Observer's Badge

Footnote: Charles Edward Tenney was born on July 25

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive It was the first Order(Nahkampfspange in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, on top of a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four sun rays and four oak leaves with acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked F. & B. L. for