Germany. A Bronze Grade Close Combat Clasp By Friedrich Linden United Republic of Seven Soviet Russian Armed Forces

Seven Soviet Russian Armed Forces Medals - Medal for Veterans of the Armed Forces 1976-1991

A Ortsgruppe Blockhelfer (Block Assistant) or Betriebsobmann Armband -  constructed of red cotton

seeing action in the French theatre during the First World War

Naming is officially impressed on Melling's medal

Lord Strathcona recruited and equipped the cavalry regiment at his own expense for service in South Africa

Germany. A Bronze Grade Close Combat Clasp By Friedrich Linden United Republic of Seven Soviet Russian Armed ForcesA second war German Nahkampfspange; in bronzed zink; the obverse with a national eagle and a bayonet and 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 pinback with a barrel hinge and a wire catch on the reverse; marked by the designer Peekhaus, Berlin and maker marked with the