A Thüringen Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Archive 44 mm x 47

44 mm x 47

In the new year

he continued to lead his men with the utmost gallantry

Germany (Saxe-Meiningen): War Merit Decoration (zinc

numbered "515492" and marked "STERLING" on the reverse

A Thüringen Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Archive 44 mm x 47In cast silvered brass, with unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 3 mm, extremely 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.