A Mint Drk (German Red Cross) Enlisted Man’s Belt Buckle United Republic of of fine quality make by

of fine quality make by "RAVIOLO & GARDINO ROMA"

He was one of a group of Canadian Army Medical Officers that had been brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War in 1917

with the opening side of each supported by arched strips of wood that are sewn into the seams

the medal named after Russian scientist and polymath Mikhail Lomonosov has been awarded each year since 1959

A Mint Drk (German Red Cross) Enlisted Man’s Belt Buckle United Republic of of fine quality make byA mint example of a DRK (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz German Red Cross) Enlisted Mans belt buckle; in cast aluminum with a gunpowder grey finish; the obverse with a pebbled field featuring an eagle perched atop a Red Cross, with a mobile swastika on its chest, surrounded by an oval open ended laurel wreath; the reverse with standard double claw prongs and integrated catch; maker marked OCL for Overhoff & Cie, Ldenscheid and Ges. Gesch. on the reverse;