A Westfalen Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Hold before returning to Corporal on

before returning to Corporal on June 1st

1941 at the age of 41 of natural causes

rust evident on the pinback

BREAST 36" to 37"

It was inactive until revived by Grand Duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany in 1807

A Westfalen Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Hold before returning to Corporal onIn bronze, unmarked reverse, measuring 49. 5 mm, worn, near very 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.