Germany, HJ. A Member’s Belt Buckle, Rare Transitional Variant, by Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed (Orden Pour le Mérite)

(Orden Pour le Mérite)

He was appointed as a Naval Cadet with the Royal Canadian Navy in 1921

the reverse featuring a white cotton twill liner showing underlying embroidery and guide threading

published by Hodder & Stoughton Limited and the Musson Book Company Limited

Both sides of the collar at the opening have Armoured Officer's collar tabs in gray threading interlaced with fine silvered aluminum wire

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Belt Buckle, Rare Transitional Variant, by Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed (Orden Pour le Mérite)(HJ Grtelschnalle). Constructed of nickel plated magnetic steel, the obverse bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching an HJ insignia, with post manufacture red and slate grey paint applied by the owner to simulate the colour scheme of period HJ membership badges, situated within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE (BLOOD AND HONOUR), the reverse with a loop and attachment claws emanating from a functional roller,