An Enlisted Man's Rlb/Luftschutz Belt Buckle; 2Nd Pattern certificate_of_authenticity he attested for the 8th

he attested for the 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles) at Valcartier in September 1914

52 mm x 53 mm

Druid on January 20

Alfred Lingard Green was born 1st July 1863 at Ballingdon

the third inscribed "Borderfunder Arabo Ar 196 auf dem Katapult" on the obverse

An Enlisted Man's Rlb/Luftschutz Belt Buckle; 2Nd Pattern certificate_of_authenticity he attested for the 8thIn Silvered iron (magnetic), unmarked, 65mm x 48mm, winged Luftschutz insignia in the center, plain field, unmarked, silver wash mostly rubbed off, otherwise in extremely fine condition. 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; most of these