A German Volunteer Labour Service (Fad = Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst) Belt Buckle certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: early Franco period insignia

Footnote: early Franco period insignia is of far superior quality and scarcer in comparison to post 1960 issued insignia

inscribed "U

Instituted 1805

two sliding lens covers

A German Volunteer Labour Service (Fad = Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst) Belt Buckle certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: early Franco period insigniaIn stamped pebbled zinc alloy, unmarked reverse, measuring 48 mm x 64 mm, lightly worn, extremely fine. Footnote: 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 Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich,