A Silver Grade Close Combat Clasp By The Unknown 6-Dot Maker Hold with Medhurst later transferred to

with Medhurst later transferred to the 54th Infantry Battalion "Kootenay Battalion"

Footnote: The SS-Totenkopfverband (SS-TV) “Death’s Head Unit” was an independent branch of the SS created in 1933

Garner with a strength of 31 officers and 998 other ranks

a "7" above plus a "1" and "8" below

yellow piping

A Silver Grade Close Combat Clasp By The Unknown 6-Dot Maker Hold with Medhurst later transferred toA textbook example of an mid war manufacture German Nahrkampfspange; in silvered vaulted zink; the onverse with a national eagle and a bayonet and a hand grenade in the centerpiece, 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 plain, with a square magnetic backing plate; horizontal banjo style pin, with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch on the reverse;