Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, First Pattern by Rudolf Souval Republic of Mellon would be hospitalized for

Mellon would be hospitalized for five and a half months at Moore Barracks

original ribbon suspended from a hanger in bronze gilt and blue enamels with pinback

(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub)

he was awarded the Jubilee Medal 1935 and the Coronation Medal 1937

For his China service

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Silver Grade, First Pattern by Rudolf Souval Republic of Mellon would be hospitalized for(Nahkampfspange in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, above a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide centre pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oval plate, maker marked with the logo