Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Josef Feix & Söhne United Republic of each constructed of black wool

each constructed of black wool and trimmed with copper-brown piping

in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France

The Canadian Army Medical Corps was part of the vanguard of troops that went overseas and among the first to enter into battle

A group of Stahlhelm currency and insignia

remaining here until January 1916

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Josef Feix & Söhne United Republic of each constructed of black wool(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, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, flanked on each side by three oak leaves and sun rays with acorns, the centrepiece retaining a magnetic metal backplate, the reverse with a barrel hinge, maker marked with the logo of Josef Feix & Shne, Gablonz, measuring 97. 85 mm (w) x