Germany, Wehrmacht. A Standard Service Belt Buckle United Republic of but ink will be a

but ink will be a very scarce article until we go back to billets next time

Footnote: John Turner was born on December 4

Machine embroidered on Luftwaffe cloth backing

on November 22nd

a tool and die maker by trade

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Standard Service Belt Buckle United Republic of but ink will be a(Wehrmacht Koppelschloss). Constructed of pebbled silver finished aluminum; the obverse with a raised central field with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounded by the inscription GOTT MIT UNS (German God with us) on the top half, with a laurel wreath tied together at the base via a ribbon on the bottom half; the reverse plain; with a stamped catch and a dual prong spring bar; unmarked; measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h); in mint