A Variation Of The German Police Buckle; Published Example Newly Listed with backing plate

with backing plate

with matching numbers "2" on each section

Mexican Border Service Medal

the accompanying roll verifying his qualification for the four clasps indicated on the QSA

He was the son of Joseph John and Amy Selina Birch

A Variation Of The German Police Buckle; Published Example Newly Listed with backing plateIn die struck steel, magnetic, with mate grey paint finish; this is an over stamp of an iron Bavarian WWI Enlisted buckle (pattern of Bavarian crown still visible). Almost identical buckles are illustrated on p. 410, 412 of Angolias book. 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