Germany, RAD. A Senior Leader’s Belt Buckle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac trimmed along both the inner

trimmed along both the inner and outer edges with a red enameled ring

The set is contained within a hard-shelled red case in wood

The University of Toronto Schools booklet stated that Cline was an expert in signalling and field telegraph and telephone work

his head turned to his left

the other end with the longer piece of the shoulder strap fed through a metal buckle with a pebbled upper

Germany, RAD. A Senior Leader’s Belt Buckle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac trimmed along both the inner(Reichsarbeitsdienst Grtelschnalle). Constructed of gilded aluminum, the obverse consisting of a circular wheat stalk wreath, surrounding a central raised Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service RAD) insignia in the form of a raised shovel head defaced by a mobile swastika, the reverse with a clip and swivel attachment claws, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, with a manufacture date of 39, measuring 45 mm in diameter,