Germany, Drk. An Officer’s Belt Buckle, Second Pattern Auction rating fine

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GMUNDEN A/ TRAUNSEE”

Constructed of multiple rows of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire

the unit took part in heavy retreating battles that pushed it back to the general area of Yelnya

small wear to blue enamel in inscription

Germany, Drk. An Officer’s Belt Buckle, Second Pattern Auction rating fine(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Grtelschnalle fr Offizier). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (German Red Cross DRK) insignia in the form of a German national eagle overlaid by a mobile swastika and clutching a Geneva Cross, the reverse with a clip and loop, unmarked, measuring 50 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine