A Third Reich Baden Fire Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction Archive January 1944)

January 1944)

The Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps was organized on May 15

and the troops were allowed to wear their own badges

South Africa Medal

as the result of being carried in a Soldbuch for an extended period

A Third Reich Baden Fire Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction Archive January 1944)In cast brass, 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.