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

most likely at Passchendaele

when the troops had to be called out to preserve order

He left school at the age of 17

which might have led to the conquest of all Upper Canada

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