Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, First Pattern by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac This patch was worn by

This patch was worn by the Cossack volunteers serving in the German Wehrmacht as part of an Auxiliary Volunteer Police unit

the oval centrepiece ring surrounding them with two inscriptions

At the time it was lead by SS-Brigadeführer and Major General of the Waffen-SS Heinz Harmel

copyrighted by the author in 1956

surrounded by the inscriptions "31st ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT FRAMINGHAM 1930" and "DEPT

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, First Pattern by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac This patch was worn by(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, above 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 wide centre pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oval plate, maker marked with the logo