A complete Godet sample set of all (25) 1870-71 War Medal battle clasps

[saxcob]

The current discussion on how many battle clasps could be worn by an individual 1870/71 veteran reminded me of sharing images of this piece with you.

Otherwise unpublished research of a member (CSForrester) of the German forum (SDA) confirms that the battle clasps with the typical dammage on the "E" were produced by Godet.

Edited October 24, 2020 by saxcob

[VtwinVince]

Fantastic!

[1812 Overture]

Wow, it looks like the bullet belt of the Maxim machine gun

[saschaw]

I'm not too much into those battle clasps, but the Godet quality and the fact this is a full display set redeems everything! An absolutely amazing piece, without exaggeration of museum quality. Thanks for sharing, saxcob!

[Utgardloki]

Very nice ... I saw some british museum pieces of medals with all battle clasps ... but never a german one (or "the" german one, as I believe there isn't any german medal with a comparable number of clasps ) 

this clasp thing seems to be a british thing, any information about its origins?  Is it known if the 1870-71 medal was inspired by the british medal system?

[saschaw]

On 30/10/2020 at 12:19, Utgardloki said:

this clasp thing seems to be a british thing, any information about its origins?  Is it known if the 1870-71 medal was inspired by the british medal system?

If we keep in mind the clasps didn't come until 1895, when Wilhelm II ruled, it's quite possible. I don't know, and I'm not sure if it is known at all, but it could well be possible. He was very close to Britain back then, after all!