A 1938 Italian Facist Roller Speed Skating Award In Case Auction Archive Footnote: Bertram Leopold Williams was

Footnote: Bertram Leopold Williams was born on May 27

with a crew of six others: Flight Sergeant D

together with an erased Efficiency Medal

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 423 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

the shape of the bow being a reference to the configuration of warships of the period and possibly a reminder that the British Admiralty had ordered merchant vessels to attempt to ram German submarines)

A 1938 Italian Facist Roller Speed Skating Award In Case Auction Archive Footnote: Bertram Leopold Williams wasWhite metal base with an inlayed bronze medallion, Fascist eagle sport insignia at the top, bronze medallion at the bottom illustrating a male roller skating athlete on a road, flanked by free flowing ribbon banners, inscribed in Italian "A FREDDY RENKEWITZ PRESIDENTE DELLA F. I. H. P. LA FEDERAZIONE ITALIANA HOCKEY E PATTINAGGIO ORGANIZZATRICE DEL 1o CAMPIONATO DEL MONDO DI PATTINAGGIO SU STRADA FERRARA = 15 20 SETTEMBRE 1938" (to Freddy Renkewitz,