Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade United Republic of Gillies was discharged upon demobilization

Gillies was discharged upon demobilization on May 26

Defender of the Faith)

silver with a silvered and enamelled centrepiece

a 3-5-3 configuration in the Paulonia flowers designating it as 5th class

It carries the facsimile of Otto Meissner (1880–1953)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade United Republic of Gillies was discharged upon demobilization(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a Wehrmacht style German eagle clutching a mobile swastika above a bayonet and stick grenade, within a square oak leaf wreath with a magnetic metal backplate, 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 barrel hinge and magnetic banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,