An Upper Silesia (Ober-Schlesien) Fire Defence (Feuerwehr) Officer's Belt Buckle GTRexclude hand embroidered

hand embroidered

numbered "474" on the reverse

a GRVI New Testament (named to "A3859 Sidney Hicks R

Attributed to Chlodwig Carl Viktor

documented as "An unsuccessful sortie owing to failure of intercommunication

An Upper Silesia (Ober-Schlesien) Fire Defence (Feuerwehr) Officer's Belt Buckle GTRexclude hand embroideredIn silver nickel, unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 5 mm, worn, 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.