Germany. A Drk (German Red Cross) Officer’s Buckle & Belt Hold Three months after his unit's

Three months after his unit's new designation

He was awarded the Hanoverian King William’s Cross and was later a Captain in the Hanoverian Artillery

three bronze palms and bronze lion clasps on its original ribbon)

on loop for suspension (marked “23” for “Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heeresbedarf in der Graveur-und-Ziselierung

he led component parts of his group in an outstanding attack against an enemy convoy in the vicinity of the Marianas Islands

Germany. A Drk (German Red Cross) Officer’s Buckle & Belt Hold Three months after his unit'sA well preserved example of a third reich period DRK (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz German Red Cross) Officers belt and buckle; the buckle constructed of silver finished aluminum; the obverse consisting of a raised pebbled field with a raised national German eagle with a mobile swastika on its chest, clutching a cross of the red cross, surrounded by an open ended laurel wreath that is tied together at the bottom; the reverse plain, maker marked Ges. Gesch.