Footnote: The Order of Calatrava was one of the four Spanish military orders and the first military order founded in Castile
Both flaps are secured shut in the front via five pebbled buttons that are met by an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the opposing side
brass scabbard have the original brown leather covering
Volunteer Combatant's Cross
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, by Hymmen & Co. Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Footnote: The Order of Calatrava(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, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, overlaying a magnetic metal backplate, and flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular base, the