Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle, By Gustav Brehmer Buy Now In September 1944 he earned

In September 1944 he earned the War Merit Cross in Silver

consisting of a central standing heron encircled by a border inscribed 2nd NORTH CANTERBURY INFANTRY - AKEAKEKIKAHA

on a 75 mm-long magnetic metal bar with horizontal pinback

as well as action at Jura

he wrote his parents

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle, By Gustav Brehmer Buy Now In September 1944 he earned(Reichsarbeitsdienst Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a raised Reich Labour Service (RAD) insignia in the form of a shovel head overlaid by a mobile swastika, set within a circular wheat stalk wreath, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, maker marked with the logo of Gustav Brehmer, Markneukirchen, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.