A German Military Penal Buckle; Published Example GTRexclude He was posted to Trenton

He was posted to Trenton

as well as being issued a prescription for glasses in January 1941

to protect the neck from the coarseness of the wool

2nd Canadian Motorized Machine Gun Brigade and served in the French theatre

He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery

A German Military Penal Buckle; Published Example GTRexclude He was posted to TrentonIn die stamped iron (magnetic), with aluminum paint finish, marked B & N 43, in virtually mint condition; this buckle is attributed to members assigned to penal units. (illustrated in Angolias book, p. 83). 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;