Germany, Rlb. A First Pattern Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle GTRexclude The fighting in Norway (1940)

The fighting in Norway (1940) and in the Aleutian Islands (1943) demonstrated to Canadian Army planners that combat in such environmental conditions might be required in the future

but nearly fully intact on the reverse

2nd Class Grand Officer

The letter

Footnote: Leonard James Fry was born in Mitcham

Germany, Rlb. A First Pattern Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle GTRexclude The fighting in Norway (1940)(Reichsluftschutzbund Grtelschnalle). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a raised Reichsluftschutzbund (RLB) style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, within a circular laurel leaf wreathed joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, unmarked, measuring 64 mm (w) x 47 mm (h), with some fatigue to the details, in near extremely fine condition.