A Third Reich Period Westfalen Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction Archive "Bevo" style "TURKISTAN" Foreign Volunteer

"Bevo" style "TURKISTAN" Foreign Volunteer Shield being

both of Shoal Lake

he was stuck off strength on transfer to the Canadian Ordnance Corps on April 30

A Military Cross Grouping for Distinguished Service in Mesopotamia 1917 - Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

oxidation spot on the reverse

A Third Reich Period Westfalen Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction Archive "Bevo" style "TURKISTAN" Foreign VolunteerIn die stamped steel, unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 5 mm, worn, very fine. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades from 1944 until around 1990; most of the buckles were obtained from the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present a core of Angolias book Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, published in 2001.