A Baden Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example Newly Listed SOMME OFFENSIVE

SOMME OFFENSIVE

Private Joe Vezgoff remembered one incident:  “We were about a mile forward of the battalion

before establishing a place of their own

One of the shoes had struck the peg and rebounded

the cap is solid and shows minimal mothing with only 3-4 small holes on the right side

A Baden Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example Newly Listed SOMME OFFENSIVEIn fire gilt brass, with unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 5 mm, lightly worn, extremely fine. This particular buckle is illustrated on page 441 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, Revised Edition" by John R. Angolia and came from his personal collection. 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