A German Military Penal Buckle; Published Example certificate_of_authenticity Empress of Britain in March

Empress of Britain in March 1915 and was posted to the 5th (Western Cavalry) Battalion in France

(He was also entitled to 1939-45 Star and France and Germany Star)

RZM marked

Alice Steward

the two ends sewn together at the rear and finished with a leather bow-tie

A German Military Penal Buckle; Published Example certificate_of_authenticity Empress of Britain in MarchIn 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;