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

Instituted in 1925

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

(Ehrenzeichen Für Treue in der Arbeit)

then placed on command to the Canadian Discharge Depot at Buxton

Un-mounted as a group

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