A Mint Drk (German Red Cross) Enlisted Man’s Belt Buckle United Republic of / By American Workers of

/ By American Workers of American Materials for American Climate / THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY" on the back panel

oak leaf design on the ferrule and pommel

His body was returned to his parents in Alberta

with the opening side of each supported by arched strips of wood that are sewn into the seams

A Mint Drk (German Red Cross) Enlisted Man’s Belt Buckle United Republic of / By American Workers ofA mint example of a DRK (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz German Red Cross) Enlisted Mans belt buckle; in cast aluminum with a gunpowder grey finish; the obverse with a pebbled field featuring an eagle perched atop a Red Cross, with a mobile swastika on its chest, surrounded by an oval open ended laurel wreath; the reverse with standard double claw prongs and integrated catch; maker marked OCL for Overhoff & Cie, Ldenscheid and Ges. Gesch. on the reverse;