A Latvian Officer's Parade Dress Belt With Buckle Auction Archive prior to forming Ross Scouts

prior to forming Ross Scouts in the Great War - a remarkable career retold in Neil Speeds entertaining biography Born to Fight North West Canada 1885

document extremely fine

Victoria (silver gilt

War Office emboss stamped

Accompanied by a duotang folder with his military biography

A Latvian Officer's Parade Dress Belt With Buckle Auction Archive prior to forming Ross ScoutsA Latvian Officer's Parade Dress Belt with Buckle 1930s; Buckle has a bronze base, with a gilt insignia overlaying a blue enamelled centrepiece, 55. 5 mm, attached to a navy blue embroidered belt, with two repeating rows of yellow bars and trimmed in yellow on either, running the full length of the belt, maker label inscribed "AKC SAB A. Ratfelders RIGA" sewn on the navy blue cloth backer, belt measuring 50 mm x 840 mm, blue enamel chipping evident on