A Rad General Officer's Brocade Dress Belt With Buckle By Overhoff & Cie; Published Auction Archive held in position via brass

held in position via brass CASC insignia buttons on both sides

Was still rather weak when he enlisted

pair of shoulder boards & collar tabs

most likely at Passchendaele

mounted to a 71 mm x 162 mm aluminum base

A Rad General Officer's Brocade Dress Belt With Buckle By Overhoff & Cie; Published Auction Archive held in position via brass(Reichsarbeitsdienst = RAD): Fire gilt aluminum buckle on the right end, marked "GES. GESCH" (Gesetzlich Geschtzt), maker marked with the "OLC" (Overhoff & Cie, Ludenscheid) insignia and marked "36" (1936) on the reverse, illustrating the RAD upward facing shovel insignia surrounded by a wreath of wheat sheaves, the buckle measuring 48. 5 mm. Brocade dress belt in fine aluminum wire with three rows of brown embroidery on the upper, interlaced with