A Third Reich Baden Fire Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction Archive I say this because at

I say this because at Constance we were again subjected to a very stiff examination by a body of German officers who rejected about fifty per cent of both officers and men

Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity by Dietrich Maerz stating that this cross was produced in mid/late 1944

for 25 years of service

Iron Cross Second Class 1939 - Marked 24

McDonough (337660 GNR

A Third Reich Baden Fire Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction Archive I say this because atIn cast brass, 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.