A German Military Penal Buckle; Published Example GTRexclude to protect the neck from

to protect the neck from the coarseness of the wool

He was posted to Trenton

a Studio Portrait of a Young Clarke before Enlistment (black and white

With three rows of pink piping

as well as being issued a prescription for glasses in January 1941

A German Military Penal Buckle; Published Example GTRexclude to protect the neck fromIn 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;