Germany. A Drk (German Red Cross) Officer’s Buckle & Belt Hold 1873 in Manchester

1873 in Manchester

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

He also served during WWII

Three months after his unit's new designation

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 1873 in ManchesterA 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.