Medal clasp
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"Large order clasp" in the German way of wearing (here Governor Wilhelm Solf , 1904)
As Ordensspange or religious buckle military and non-military are orders and medals worn when several were awarded.
Miniature medals
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Brigadier General Klaus Feldmann with miniature medal clasp
There are also medal clips made from miniatures of the original awards.
Strap buckle
In the case of the ribbon buckle , interim clasp, formerly also field clasp, only the medal ribbon is arranged next to one another, sometimes a smaller form of the award is attached to it.
Tailcoat chain
Reduced badges without a ribbon are worn as a tailcoat chain (also chain of medals ) on civilian clothing.
Adolf Pernwerth von Bärnstein with miniatures of the original awards on the tailcoat chain
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Tailcoat chain from Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach