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 Footnote: The Distinguished Conduct Medal

Footnote: The Distinguished Conduct Medal was instituted in 1950

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6 CORD" on one end

the oval centrepiece ring surrounding them with two inscriptions

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

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 Footnote: The Distinguished Conduct Medal(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