A Third Reich Free State Of Hesse Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction Archive the city of Essen

the city of Essen

center appliqu in Gold

3 Squadron Honours & Awards 1916-1918 Document from the National Archives

the leather remaining relatively supple given its age

three drilled holes in the bottom for wall mounting

A Third Reich Free State Of Hesse Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction Archive the city of Essen(Freistaat Hessen): In silver bronze, unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 5 mm, lightly worn, extremely fine. 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 the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present a core of Angolias book Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich,