Germany, Third Reich. A Railroad Official’s Belt Buckle, Second Pattern Archive including the DRL Sports Badge

including the DRL Sports Badge (30 November 1936)

It features text and photographs of the cloth and metal badges of pilots and aircrew of the air forces of Canada

measuring 33 mm (w) x 50 mm (h)

West was employed as an Athletic Instructor at Halifax Military Gym in February 1940

each with an original ribbon with brooch pinback)

Germany, Third Reich. A Railroad Official’s Belt Buckle, Second Pattern Archive including the DRL Sports Badge(Reichsbahn Grtelschnalle). Constructed of a gilded zink alloy, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, surrounding a central Reichsbahn insignia in the formed of a winged wheelset, topped by a mobile swastika, the reverse with a clip and buckle, unmarked, measuring 48 mm in diameter, demonstrating total loss of finish in addition to minor surface oxidation, in very fine condition.