Germany, RAD. An Enlisted Ranks Belt Buckle Archive stating that he was awarded

stating that he was awarded the Order of the German Eagle Merit Medal with Swords

Martin appears to have married sometime towards the end of the war and divorced in the early 1920s

in northwestern Anatolia

Wounded 105

Germany, RAD. An Enlisted Ranks Belt Buckle Archive stating that he was awarded(Reichsarbeitsdienst Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of pebbled aluminum, the obverse bearing a central raised Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service RAD) insignia, situated within a circular wheat stalk wreath, the reverse with attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, unmarked, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.