Germany, Third Reich. A Railway Official’s Belt and Buckle, by F.W. Assman & Söhne visually-hidden located just outside the town

located just outside the town on a hill

8 SFTS (graduated December 1942

joined together at the bottom by a ribbon defaced by Cyrillic initials “РПИ” (Рижский политехнический институт/Riga Polytechnical Institute)

Constructed of oval blackened metal alloy

Their next action was the German advance in the Ardennes in the winter of 1944–1945

Germany, Third Reich. A Railway Official’s Belt and Buckle, by F.W. Assman & Söhne visually-hidden located just outside the town(Reichsbahn Koppelschloss und Grtel). A Reichsbahn (State Railway) officials belt and buckle, the former constructed of blackened leather, one end retaining a reverse brown leather tongue perforated with ten sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, the tongue stamped with a size mark of 100, measuring 4. 5 cm (w) x 97 cm (l), demonstrating age appropriate desiccation and fatigue, in very fine condition; the latter constructed of gilded aluminum,