Germany, Dak. A German Africa Crops Standard Issue Belt Buckle, By R. Sieper, Dated 1942 certificate_of_authenticity A Victorian 57th Peterborough Battalion

A Victorian 57th Peterborough Battalion of Infantry Cap Badge  -Brass

while the reverse is inscribed "BORN 23 JUNE 1894

with his new wife and child arriving in Canada the following summer of 1918 and settling in Toronto

in its glassine packet of issue

the Battalion was absorbed into the 4th Reserve Battalion at Bramshott on February 23

Germany, Dak. A German Africa Crops Standard Issue Belt Buckle, By R. Sieper, Dated 1942 certificate_of_authenticity A Victorian 57th Peterborough Battalion(Wehrmacht Deutsches Afrikakorps Koppelschloss). Constructed of olive drab painted metal (magnetic); the obverse with a central raised field depicting a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, circumscribed Gott Mit Uns (German God with Us) and a partial oak wreath; the reverse with a standard soldered catch and double prong swivel bar; attached to a thick brown leather tab dated 1942 and maker marked Richard Sieper & Shne, Ldenscheid on the tab;