Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Holzmann Construction Crew Employee Badge Archive A well preserved Waffen-SS Officer’s

A well preserved Waffen-SS Officer’s brocade dress belt and buckle

Upon his return to Canada

the leather has hardened and other than the blood rotted area

but nearly all of the gilding remaining on the reverse

with light signs of oxidation visible

Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Holzmann Construction Crew Employee Badge Archive A well preserved Waffen-SS Officer’sConstructed of zink; the obverse depicting a steel helmet superimposed onto a showel and pick axed, circumscribed Der Arbeit Zur Ehr, Der Heimat zur Wehr (German To honour labour for the defense of the home); the reverse dated 1938 and depicting the logo of the Phillip Holzmann construction company; measuring 36. 13 mm in diameter; weighing 16. 1 grams; in overall very fine condition.