A Mint Drk (German Red Cross) Enlisted Man’s Belt Buckle United Republic of First flown on 20 June

First flown on 20 June 1908

as well as being on the Waterloo Roll

the battalion was involved in the Battle of Monte Cassino

with a minimum of six months served

A Mint Drk (German Red Cross) Enlisted Man’s Belt Buckle United Republic of First flown on 20 JuneA mint example of a DRK (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz German Red Cross) Enlisted Mans belt buckle; in cast aluminum with a gunpowder grey finish; the obverse with a pebbled field featuring an eagle perched atop a Red Cross, with a mobile swastika on its chest, surrounded by an oval open ended laurel wreath; the reverse with standard double claw prongs and integrated catch; maker marked OCL for Overhoff & Cie, Ldenscheid and Ges. Gesch. on the reverse;