Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Archive the exterior bearing an inscription

the exterior bearing an inscription of “MEDAILLE ‘WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42’ (OSTMEDAILLE)”

for completion of “numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which [he has] invariably displayed the utmost fortitude

He signed his Attestation Paper on September 26

returning to his unit in the field

FC Bouret was one of 14 soldiers killed in action during this attack

Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Archive the exterior bearing an inscription(Heer Grtelschnalle). Constructed of grey painted magnetic metal, the obverse bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, set within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD IS WITH US) and oak leaf branches, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, marked with a manufacture date of 43 circumscribed by an illegible makers mark, measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), with oxidation and loss of