A Latvian Officer's Parade Dress Belt With Buckle Hold to hold the cigarettes firmly

to hold the cigarettes firmly in place

For meritorious achievement in connection with military operations in the Southwest Pacific Area from 25 March 1944 to 2 September 1945

Later that year

His pre-war service saw him with the Shore Base H

A Latvian Officer's Parade Dress Belt With Buckle Hold to hold the cigarettes firmlyA Latvian Officer's Parade Dress Belt with Buckle 1930s; Buckle has a bronze base, with a gilt insignia overlaying a blue enamelled centrepiece, 55. 5 mm, attached to a navy blue embroidered belt, with two repeating rows of yellow bars and trimmed in yellow on either, running the full length of the belt, maker label inscribed "AKC SAB A. Ratfelders RIGA" sewn on the navy blue cloth backer, belt measuring 50 mm x 840 mm, blue enamel chipping evident on