Germany, Heer. A Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, by Berg & Nolte Republic of Private Walker was wounded "slightly"

Private Walker was wounded "slightly" in his right arm on June 3

1914 and signed in black ink by the Chancellor of the Ducal Order of Henry the Lion

cloth badge versions

the regiment contributed by protecting the army’s flanks

” with the same number stamped on the bottom plate of the throat

Germany, Heer. A Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, by Berg & Nolte Republic of Private Walker was wounded "slightly"(Heer Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of grey painted magnetic steel, the obverse bearing a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) with oak leaf branches, the reverse with a loop and claws emanating from a functional roller, the latter retaining an original brown leather strap bearing a makers mark of BERG & NOLTE, LDENSCHEID,