A Prussian State Forestry Officer's Belt Buckle Auction Archive 1917 during a game of

1917 during a game of handball

this soldier was hit in the heart by a fragment of a shell

with the Charasial (sic)

rosette on the ribbon)

Four years later

A Prussian State Forestry Officer's Belt Buckle Auction Archive 1917 during a game ofIn stamped bronze fire gilt, unmarked reverse, measuring 46. 7 mm, worn, near very 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, published in 2001.