Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff Province of China Instituted in 1925

Instituted in 1925

and with a fuller running the majority of the length of the top edge of each side

then placed on command to the Canadian Discharge Depot at Buxton

marked in white ink with the RCMI Museum code "RCMI 1978

MVAC units participated in guerrilla actions against communist Yugoslav Partisan forces in Slovenia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff Province of China Instituted in 1925(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a swastika, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, situated above a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with an integral hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a crimped base, designer