Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Newly Listed the outer ring with an

the outer ring with an etched inscription of “I

Stitched onto the left side of the panels is an insignia consisting of an elongated black wool triangular backer

he was posted to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Meade

Footnote: Carl Bamberg (1847-1892) served an apprenticeship with Carl Zeiss at Jena and studied at the Universities of Jena and Berlin before establishing a "Werkstätten für Präzisions-Mechanik und Optik" in Friedenau

the reverse engraver marked “HANNISCH

Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Newly Listed the outer ring with an(Heer Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, the obverse bearing a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, set within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) with oak leaf branches, the reverse with swivel attachment prongs, unmarked, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), demonstrating minor loss of finish in addition to oxidation of the roller, in better than