A German Shooting League Buckle; Published Example Auction Archive leaving Napoleon's massive army with

leaving Napoleon's massive army with no means to survive the coming Russian winter

s 27TH REGT

worn as a duty badge on the service uniform

4th Class (silvered bronze

"V" Device on original ribbon with brooch pinback

A German Shooting League Buckle; Published Example Auction Archive leaving Napoleon's massive army withIn aluminum, 50mm high oval buckle, with stylized shooting gilded device I the center, unmarked, in mint condition. (Illustrated on page 570 of Angolias book). Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades from 1944 until around 1990; most of the buckles were obtained from the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present a core of