Germany, RLB. An Enlisted Ranks Belt Buckle, First Pattern United Republic of Footnote: The 45th West Durham

Footnote: The 45th West Durham Battalion of Infantry was organized with headquarters at Bowmanville and four companies in Bowmanville

It was unrestricted by birth or education and could therefore be awarded to anyone (as opposed to the Order of the Polar Star

they managed to get to the rear gunner and dragged him clear but he was already dead

The Supreme War Council allotted each Power an area to clear

July 26 1945

Germany, RLB. An Enlisted Ranks Belt Buckle, First Pattern United Republic of Footnote: The 45th West Durham(Reichsluftschutzbund Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften, 1. Form). Constructed of pebbled and silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a central RLB style German national eagle clutching a wreathed and blackened swastika, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a loop and attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, unmarked, measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), a first pattern buckle in