Germany, Heer. A Belt and Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, Refurbished Example Hold a 1948 Youth Railway badge

a 1948 Youth Railway badge

with a manufacturer's label sewn in place inside the pocket inscribed "Gieves LIMITED LONDON"

Ultimately only one of six crewmen survived the war

the German troops surrendered and Pietzonka

worn on original ribbon with COURAGE MOED clasp

Germany, Heer. A Belt and Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, Refurbished Example Hold a 1948 Youth Railway badge(Heer Koppelschloss). A Heer belt and buckle for Enlisted ranks, the former constructed of black leather, one end stitched into a loop for the accommodation of a magnetic metal clip, the opposite end with a reverse leather tongue perforated with seven sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, stamped with a size mark of 85, measuring 4 cm (w) x 96 cm (l); the latter constructed of matte grey painted magnetic steel, the obverse bearing a central Heer