Germany, Federal Republic. A Complete Set of Close Combat Clasps (Gold, Silver, Bronze Grades), by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Examples, c. 1970 Auction Eastern Front Medals measuring 168

Eastern Front Medals measuring 168 cm (l)

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Germany, Federal Republic. A Complete Set of Close Combat Clasps (Gold, Silver, Bronze Grades), by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Examples, c. 1970 Auction Eastern Front Medals measuring 168(Nahkampfspange). Instituted November 25th, 1942. Constructed of gilded, silvered, and bronzed (respectively) feinzink, consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, in turn situated above a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, falsely marked RZM,