Germany, Empire. A Telegrapher’s Belt Buckle, C. 1914 Archive when he signed his Attestation

when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (59441) with the 21st Infantry Battalion

and 209x259mm respectively

eagles separately soldered

Laurent Manitoba in 1892 and worked as a fisherman before being drafted in November 1917

obverse illustrating the Town of Orillia

Germany, Empire. A Telegrapher’s Belt Buckle, C. 1914 Archive when he signed his Attestation(Telegraph Koppelschloss). Constructed of brass, the obverse with a separately applied nicke silver disk displaying the royal crown on a raised field, circumscribed Gott Mit Uns (God With Us) along with an open ended wreath below, a bracket is riveted to each side of the buckle via two rivets each for wires to be passed through, the reverse plain, depicting two solder points, a catch, and a standard dual prong spring bar, measuring 102 mm (w) x 46 mm