A Rad General Officer's Brocade Dress Belt With Buckle By Overhoff & Cie; Published Auction Archive when the troops had to

when the troops had to be called out to preserve order

He left school at the age of 17

most likely at Passchendaele

mounted to a 71 mm x 162 mm aluminum base

held in position via brass CASC insignia buttons on both sides

A Rad General Officer's Brocade Dress Belt With Buckle By Overhoff & Cie; Published Auction Archive when the troops had to(Reichsarbeitsdienst = RAD): Fire gilt aluminum buckle on the right end, marked "GES. GESCH" (Gesetzlich Geschtzt), maker marked with the "OLC" (Overhoff & Cie, Ludenscheid) insignia and marked "36" (1936) on the reverse, illustrating the RAD upward facing shovel insignia surrounded by a wreath of wheat sheaves, the buckle measuring 48. 5 mm. Brocade dress belt in fine aluminum wire with three rows of brown embroidery on the upper, interlaced with