Hungary, Kingdom. A Levente Youth Badge, C.1940 Hold A Rare Canadian Siberian Expeditionary

A Rare Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force Cap Badge - Badges Enlisted Man's version

reverse inscribed with institution date of “16 Dezember 1938” and facsimile of the Führer and Reichskanzler

whilst with a working party repairing wire entanglements in front of the trenches at Hill 60

A Luftwaffe Officer’s Belt Buckle - constructed of molded aluminum

He was 26 years of age (actually 24) and was just ready to take up the responsibilities of life when instead he put on the khaki

Hungary, Kingdom. A Levente Youth Badge, C.1940 Hold A Rare Canadian Siberian Expeditionary(Leventeszervezetek). Instituted in 1921. In die stamped zinc alloy, measuring 38. 7 mm (w) x 58. 3 mm (h), with three pairs of die holes, one pair each located at the three points of the shield, the badge designed to be worn on the shoulder of the uniform, very light oxidation evident on the reverse, extremely fine. Footnote: Levente Associations were paramilitary youth organizations in Hungary in the interwar period and during the Second World War.