Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Refurbished Example by A.G.M.u.K. Province of China sewn in place via white

sewn in place via white threading upon a hunter green wool upper

Young Victor is documented as having had measles in his childhood and typhoid in 1897 and made a "good recovery" from both

in two grades: I Class Gold and II Class Silver

a chalky residue between the white enamel and stone border on both original reverse arms and obverse 12 o’clock arm

wing tip to wing tip

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, Refurbished Example by A.G.M.u.K. Province of China sewn in place via white(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, in turn situated above a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch,