A Gold Grade Close Combat Clasp By Rudolf Souval, Wien Auction hand scratched on reverse: R

hand scratched on reverse: R

in Stolp (now Slupsk) in Pomerania province of the Kingdom of Prussia

Royal Artillery at Abbotabad (July 1938 and January 1939)

The aft section was continually swept by the sea and finally settled near the shore

A Gold Grade Close Combat Clasp By Rudolf Souval, Wien Auction hand scratched on reverse: RClasp in zinc, with gold Brennlack finish, maker marked on reverse R. S. (Rudolf Souval, Wien), magnetic plate and brass pin, textbook example by this maker, clasp retains most of the gold finish on obverse and about 50% of finish on reverse, in worn condition (for similar clasp see p. 211, Thomas M. Durante, The German Close Combat Clasp of WWII (c PW).