Germany. A Rad Standard Issue Belt Buckle, By Berg & Nolte, C. 1936 Archive the unit was stood as

the unit was stood as the 43rd Ottawa and Carleton Battalion of Rifles with the Ottawa volunteer rifle company and a number of other companies located in Fitzroy

but typical badge by "Forster & Barth" manufacture

of the 2nd SS Technical Infantry Regiment

Footnote: After the end of the Second World War

Order of Zähringen Lion in Gold - Knight First Class

Germany. A Rad Standard Issue Belt Buckle, By Berg & Nolte, C. 1936 Archive the unit was stood as(Reichsarbeitsdienst Koppelschloss Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum; the obverse consisting of a pebbled field, with a central raised field depicting a spade with a mobile swastika on the blade, surrounded by a circular field decorated with five wheat stalks; the reverse hollow, with an integrated hinge and a standard double claw bar; marked B&N, 1936 on the reverse; with its original thick and dark brown leather tab; marked Berg & Nolte, 1936