Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade with Case, by A.G.M.u.K. Newly Listed surrounded by the inscription SI

surrounded by the inscription SI DEUS NOB QUIS CONTRAN

1914 and signed in black ink by the Chancellor of the Ducal Order of Henry the Lion

the handle composed of two parallel bars bearing floral motifs on both sides and connected via two crosspieces with a large ball at the mid-point on each crosspiece

" He was classified with "Neurasthenia" (mechanical weakness of the actual nerves) and was evacuated on November 28th by Ambulance Train and invalided to the Canadian Army Reserve Depot at Witley

date marked "A" (1925) and engraved "PRESENTED BY THE LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK & HUMANE SOCIETY / TO JOHN RADCLIFFE DINGLE LANE COUNCIL SCH / FOR PROFICIENCY IN SWIMMING EXERCISES WITH THE OBJECT OF SAVING LIFE

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade with Case, by A.G.M.u.K. Newly Listed surrounded by the inscription SI(Nahkampfspange in Bronze mit Etui). Constructed of bronzed 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, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with an integral hinge and fluted pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a crimped base,