United Kingdom. A Coldstream Guards Belt Buckle, C.1890 certificate_of_authenticity measuring 49 mm x 54

measuring 49 mm x 54 mml soiled from storage but unissued

the reverse presents the island of Crete under the inscription Girid (Crete) and the date 1285 (1869 AD)

He is documented as having been in Egypt in the summer of 1942 and was promoted to Flying Officer on October 1

including a Military Merit Badge in Silver with Swords

United Kingdom. A Coldstream Guards Belt Buckle, C.1890 certificate_of_authenticity measuring 49 mm x 54Two piece construction, in brass, the left piece with a tab bearing the Coldstream Guards insignia on a pebbled background, a belt loop on the left end, the right piece slotted in the centre in order to receive the aforementioned tab, the slotted area surrounded by a circular ring inscribed "COLDSTREAM GUARDS" along with a half wreath of laurel leaves, the text and wreath with a pebbled background, with a belt loop on the right end, unmarked,