A German National Forestry Service Official's Belt Buckle Auction 1933) below

1933) below

with two sliders that have matching uppers and reverses to that of the belt

but the war was not over for the Pelletier family

Grisdale was transferred to the 31st Battery

Due to gastric troubles which afflicted him for his entire life (he was considered 30 percent disabled in that war)

A German National Forestry Service Official's Belt Buckle Auction 1933) belowIn blackened aluminum, unmarked reverse, measuring 50. 5 mm x 54. 5 mm, lightly worn, extremely 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,