Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Hold 52 mm (w) x 24

52 mm (w) x 24

and Photographic Acknowledgements

the announcement appearing in the London Gazette 29641 of Tuesday

he was struck off strength to the 3rd Battalion

by Captain P

Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Hold 52 mm (w) x 24(Heer Grtelschnalle). Constructed of grey painted magnetic metal, the obverse bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, set within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD IS WITH US) and oak leaf branches, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, marked with a manufacture date of 43 circumscribed by an illegible makers mark, measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), with oxidation and loss of