A 1941-1943 Commemorative German/Finnish North Front Badge Auction A similar buckle is illustrated

A similar buckle is illustrated on page 243 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

A Third Reich period Thüringen Kraft Durch Freude (KDF) badge

Henry Bertram was a Prussian immigrant

s meritorious services while with the Army High Command found the Kaiser

Henn and 14 of his men afterwards joined some remnants of the 66th Foot and Bombay Grenadiers in a small enclosure at a garden in a place called Khig where a determined last stand was made

A 1941-1943 Commemorative German/Finnish North Front Badge Auction A similar buckle is illustratedConstructed of silvered and gilded tombac; featuring a black enamelled medallion depicting both the Finnish and German national flags in blue, white, red, and black enamels with the Finnish rampant lion within a red enameled shield. The obverse inscribed Pohjoisrintama Die Nordfront ( The North Front) and the dates 1941 43 in gilded lettering. The centerpiece is superimposed on a royal blue enamelled cross patte with a swastika in between the arms,