Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Brocade and Buckle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Archive with thousands of Canadian soldiers

with thousands of Canadian soldiers crouch in waterlogged shell holes or muddy ditches awaiting the signal to begin a major offensive: a battle that was destined to become one of the most famous of the First World War

and pinned with a silvered gilded rank pip and gilded numerals “48”

slightly torn on the left side

Stitched onto the left side of the panels is an insignia consisting of an elongated black wool triangular backer

a shell-like design in the centre at the base of the tablet

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Brocade and Buckle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Archive with thousands of Canadian soldiers(Heer Paradefeldbinde fr Offiziere). A Heer Officers brocade and buckle, the former constructed of a reinforced field grey doeskin base, the obverse topped by a layer of silver aluminum wire trimmed with dual machine embroidered dark green tresses, with one ending featuring a reverse brown leather tongue perforated with seven sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, featuring a sliding knot of identical construction, the tongue bearing a