Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade United Republic of a 3-5-3 configuration in the

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

Accompanied by its award document

but was integrated into the national hierarchy of decorations in Belgium after the Congo Free State ceased to be a private domain of King Leopold II in 1908

Gillies was discharged upon demobilization on May 26

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade United Republic of a 3-5-3 configuration in the(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,