Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Belt Buckles certificate_of_authenticity Black and white cotton embroidery

Black and white cotton embroidery

while the obverse bears an acid-etched inscription of “ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT” (“IN MEMORY OF MY SERVICE TIME”) in Fraktur script

The entire period of service was spent in frontier duty and guarding army stores along the Kanawha and Gauley rivers

all with standard issue pebble grain cap buttons that are marked “Extra Fein” on the reverse

two of which bear raised oak leaves while one has a 1914 Iron Cross

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Belt Buckles certificate_of_authenticity Black and white cotton embroidery(Grtelschnallen). A pair of belt buckles, including a Heer EM NCOs buckle, constructed of silvered zink, the obverse bearing a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) with oak leaf branches, the reverse with swivel attachment claws, unmarked, measuring 62 mm (w) x 47 mm (h), with oxidation and loss of finish evident throughout, in poor