Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude the centre of the cap

the centre of the cap band is pinned with a multi-piece insignia consisting of an aluminum oak leaf wreath surrounding a tri-colour cockade

Lieutenant Howitt was in command of a force consisting of two tanks and a section of infantry

6 Canadian Field Ambulance

the organization that ran the Winter Relief program

whose use was decreed by Pope Saint Pius X

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude the centre of the cap(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central 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, 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 an oval plate,