Germany, Heer. An Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle, By C.w. Motz & Co. Auction Footnote: The Distinguished Service Cross

Footnote: The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military award that can be given to a member of the United States Army (and previously the United States Air Force)

Ontario in 1885 and worked as a Civil Engineer in Toronto before enlisting in the CEF in September 1914

British War Medal (643283 A

with a miniature Iron Cross 1914 and a War Merit Cross First Class with Swords

overlaid by a plaque with a raised number of “25”

Germany, Heer. An Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle, By C.w. Motz & Co. Auction Footnote: The Distinguished Service Cross(Heer Grtelschnalle). Constructed of olive drab painted magnetic metal, the obverse bearing a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) and oak leaf branches, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, the latter retaining a period original brown leather strap embossed with a makers mark of C. W. MOTZ & CO., BRANDENBURG A. H.,