A German Front Heil Veteran's Association Belt Buckle Auction An RZM Marked BDM Membership

An RZM Marked BDM Membership Badge - In bronze grade (bronze)

In the first war he had served as a Reserve Leutnant of the 40th Infantry Regiment

he also contracted Typhoid Fever while in the Somme

then enlisted as a Midshipman at the United States Naval Academy from 1909-1912

Inside has a 50 mm wide light brown leather sweatband

A German Front Heil Veteran's Association Belt Buckle Auction An RZM Marked BDM MembershipIn stamped brass with stamped silvered brass face plate affixed by two rivets, unmarked reverse, measuring 47. 8 mm x 63. 5 mm, worn, very fine. ootnote: 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 buckles were obtained from the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present a core of Angolias book Belt