A Rheinland Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction Hauptmann of the 31st Panzer

Hauptmann of the 31st Panzer Regiment

and Guilden Coin Medal 1940 (silver

Naming is officially impressed in block capitals

Immediately below each flash are 48 mm x 67 mm French gray wool 3rd Infantry Division patches

It is adorned with gold braid and silver bullion wire shoulder boards

A Rheinland Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction Hauptmann of the 31st PanzerIn cast bronze, unmarked reverse, measuring 47. 8 mm, worn, fine. 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 Angolias book Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, published in 2001.