This particular belt and buckle is illustrated on page 85 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich
along with one synthetic red stone and red enamels
when he enlisted for service as an Interpreter with 1st The Royal Dragoons (1D/4954) and served as a Trumpeter with the regiment
dark patina and bruising on the BWM
Irwin pinned the pilot's wings on Sergeant William Richard Tew in the official ceremony
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed This particular belt and buckle(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop