Germany, Imperial. A Silesian Agricultural Association Merit Medal Newly Listed Two other planes belonging to

Two other planes belonging to 45 Squadron were shot down within minutes of this

stamped outside of shank with 900 and jewelers mark

A 1936/37 Gau Ost-Hamburg NSV (National Socialist People’s Welfare/Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt) “We are helping the Führer” donation badge

At the time the unit was stationed at the central part of the Eastern Front

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 360 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Germany, Imperial. A Silesian Agricultural Association Merit Medal Newly Listed Two other planes belonging to(Landwirtschafts Leistungsabzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse with a central Silesian coat of arms, within a wreath of wheat stalks, circumscribed by an inscription of LANDWIRTSCHAFTSKAMMER FR DIE PROVINZ SCHLESIEN (AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROVINCE OF SILESIA), the reverse with a central inscription of FR LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHEN LEISTUNGEN (FOR AGRICULTURAL MERIT), within an oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 42. 85 mm in diameter,