A 1938 Pattern Enlisted Man's/Nco's Belt Buckle To The Luftwaffe Clothing Department Newly Listed 1916 at East Sandling)

1916 at East Sandling)

Morice went out to France that August but was evacuated home in December after being wounded on the Aisne

A Garrard & Co Case for Order of the British Empire

he had been Killed in Action at Langemarck three days earlier

The only clear entry regarding active service spared from water damage on page 17 is that he served with the 3rd Reserve Paratrooper Battalion dater January 1945

A 1938 Pattern Enlisted Man's/Nco's Belt Buckle To The Luftwaffe Clothing Department Newly Listed 1916 at East Sandling)In stamped pebbled aluminum, unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 5 mm x 64 mm, tab emboss stamped "L. B. A." (Luftwaffe Bekleidungs Amt = Airforce Clothing Department) with a partial maker mark but "ELD & Co" and the date "1939" clearly visible on the tab, worn, very fine. 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