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

Instituted 1805

(Commanding or Commander Royal Artillery)

91 Ritter von Fröhlich on May 1st 1884 before being promoted to Oberleutnant on November 1st 1888

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,