Croatia, Independent State. A Defence Force Officer's Belt Auction it is sized and inoperable)

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Footnote: Benjamin Franklin Fairclough was born in Winnipeg in 1893 and was working as a Mechanist in Winnipeg prior to being recuited in April 1918

The period sharpened blade is the style with a ricasso appearing bright and shiny

the reverse of both with an integral strap which has been hand-stitched to the board at the outer edge

Croatia, Independent State. A Defence Force Officer's Belt Auction it is sized and inoperable)Belt in silvered aluminum wire incorporating ornate designs with a repeating design in red, white and blue embroidery in the centre on the upper, gray felt underside, silvered aluminum receiving clip incorporating an ornate design on the left end, brown leather tab stitched in place on the underside on the right end, the tab with a cracked pattern upper along with eleven rows of two holes each for length adjustment, stamped "4521" in large blue ink