Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By A.g.m.u.k GTRexclude Greek Drachma dated 1917 (issued

Greek Drachma dated 1917 (issued 1918)

Christian Version

Corporal Rector voluntarily participated in an extremely hazardous mission of clearing a path through an antipersonnel minefield

Gunner Hipkiss was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal

coded "R 321" at the lower left

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By A.g.m.u.k GTRexclude Greek Drachma dated 1917 (issued(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed feinzink, the obverse with a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse with a square magnetic metal backplate, with a horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the reverse marked with