Germany, Rad. An Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle, By Richard Sieper & Söhne Buy Now measuring 445 mm total length

measuring 445 mm total length

and generally very well preserved without a 65 mm long rip along the bottom half of the document

the reverse with a central inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTLEISTUNGEN IM BEREICH DES LUFTGAUKOMMANDOS BELGIEN-NORDFRANKFREICH” (“FOR FATIFHUL SERVICE IN THE AIR COMMAND REGION OF BELGIUM AND NORTHERN FRANCE”) above a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

with twelve years' service indicated by an additional central yellow stripe on the ribbon and twenty-one years' service designated by a bar

Crossguard with a finely-detailed Army eagle

Germany, Rad. An Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle, By Richard Sieper & Söhne Buy Now measuring 445 mm total length(Reichsarbeitsdienst Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a central raised Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) insignia in the form of a shovel head overlaid by a mobile swastika, set within a circular wheat stalk wreath on a pebbled background, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, the latter retaining a period original brown leather strap bearing a makers mark of RICHARD SIEPER & SHNE, LDENSCHEID, with the logo of the