Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, With Allied Veteran’s Commemorative Inscription Newly Listed Luftwaffe Chief of Staff

Luftwaffe Chief of Staff

some had also been part of the original crew

Cross 3rd Class

the reverse retaining a fully intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A4/859” and a secondary code of “209161”

in November 1902

Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, With Allied Veteran’s Commemorative Inscription Newly Listed Luftwaffe Chief of Staff(Heer Grtelschnalle). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised crown, set within a ribbed ring bearing a raised inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) and laurel branches, the four corners bearing a finely detailed etched inscription of WORLD WAR 1914 1918, presumably added by an Allied veteran to a buckle claimed as a war souvenir, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, unmarked, measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), a