A 1938 Luftwaffe Pattern Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction maker marked "Schwerin Berlin"

maker marked "Schwerin Berlin"

The 20th Battalion was raised in Central and Northern Ontario and mobilized in Toronto under the authority of G

marked "STAHLBODEN" (steel bottom)

1 Division Rest Station wounded on July 26

to protect men eligible for military service but engaged in essential war work from being accosted by young women in the street who would hand them white feathers and accuse them of being slackers

A 1938 Luftwaffe Pattern Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction maker marked "Schwerin Berlin"In stamped steel, painted luftwaffe field blue, unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 5 mm x 65. 7 mm, tab emboss stamped with "F. W. ASSMANN & SHNE LDENSCHEID" maker mark, worn but better than 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