Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By A.g.m.u.k. Hold while a grey rayon liner

while a grey rayon liner encompasses the crown

embroidered in silvered and gilded wires

Thomas Henry Fowles was a resident of Oakville when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Sergeant (663418) with the 164th Infantry Battalion "Halton and Dufferin Battalion"

measuring 180 mm (w) x 130 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By A.g.m.u.k. Hold while a grey rayon liner(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 four oak leaves and sun rays with two acorns, the reverse with an integral hinge and banjo style horizontal pinback, designer marked PEEKHAUS, BERLIN and maker marked A. G. M. u. K, measuring 97. 90 mm (w) x 25. 88