A Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst = Rad) Officer's Brocade Dress Belt With Buckle Hold Overall blackening loss evident on

Overall blackening loss evident on the obverse of the Wound Badge

with old blue ribbon

Canadian Field Artillery based at Moncton

5 (northern edge of Copse) to Tank Trap (on the Menin road running through the Copse) to J

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 391 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

A Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst = Rad) Officer's Brocade Dress Belt With Buckle Hold Overall blackening loss evident onSilvered aluminum buckle on the right end, unmarked, illustrating the RAD upward facing shovel insignia surrounded by a wreath of wheat sheaves, the buckle measuring 48. 5 mm. Brocade dress belt in fine aluminum wire with three rows of brown embroidery on the upper, interlaced with white threading, brown wool sides and underside, silvered magnetic metal receiving clip secured by the belt where it wraps around to the reverse and is stitched in place on