Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Belt Buckles for NSDAP & Civil Services Hold unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics

unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Förster & Barth

a studio portrait of an artillery NCO

A Friedrich-August Cross

17 (w) x 17

missing horizontal pinback

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Belt Buckles for NSDAP & Civil Services Hold unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics1. An NSDAP Political Leader belt buckle, constructed of a gilded zink alloy, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a clip and loop retaining attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M4 40 for Giesse & Schmidt, Ruhla, measuring 55 mm