A 1935 Pattern Prototype Luftwaffe Em/Nco's Belt Buckle; Published Example Auction Archive he enlisted into the 196th

he enlisted into the 196th (Western Universities) Battalion at Edmonton in April 1916

1915 at Shorncliffe Military Hospital

he was evacuated to France on August 28th and admitted to hospital at the Mediterranean port of Marseilles on the 29th

bronze with blue

A 1935 Pattern Prototype Luftwaffe Em/Nco's Belt Buckle; Published Example Auction Archive he enlisted into the 196thIn stamped aluminum, unmarked reverse, "note the rather straight line of the eagle's wings" states Angolia, measuring 47. 3 mm x 63 mm, with leather tab emboss stamped "Techn. Kom" (Technical Control) above "Seb. Salz" and stamped with the introductory "1935", with an embossed overstamp inscribed "3. Kp.", very fine. This particular buckle is illustrated on page 131 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, Revised Edition" by John R. Angolia