A Steel Helmet (Der Stahlhelm) Veteran's Belt Buckle Hold Their primary mission objective on

Their primary mission objective on the Essen bombing attack was to destroy the railway supply yards and railway lines in the industrial heart of Germany

weighing 47

numbered "3847"

addressed to him while with 7 Construction Section

Operation Cactus and Operation Poomalai

A Steel Helmet (Der Stahlhelm) Veteran's Belt Buckle Hold Their primary mission objective onIn stamped field grey painted steel, unmarked reverse, measuring 47. 3 mm x 63. 5 mm, worn, very fine. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades from 1944 until around 1990; most of the buckles were obtained from the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present a core of Angolias book Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich,