A Gold Grade Close Combat Clasp By Rudolf Souval, Wien Newly Listed Deutsche Arbeiterpartei Der Reichsführer SS"

Deutsche Arbeiterpartei Der Reichsführer SS" (National Socialist German Workers' Party / The Reichsfuhrer of the SS)

the Battalion was absorbed into the 4th Reserve Battalion at Bramshott on February 23

embroidered in silvery wire on dark greed wool

Stamped aluminum and finished in olive-drab painted buckle

A Gold Grade Close Combat Clasp By Rudolf Souval, Wien Newly Listed Deutsche Arbeiterpartei Der Reichsführer SS"Clasp 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).