Germany, Hj. A Hj Member’s Belt Buckle, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Archive Under such difficult conditions

Under such difficult conditions

The Japanese fighters caught them as they turned over shipping in the harbor for their bomb run

with strap

and the Officer in 1942

with an inscription of “LEGION OF MERIT

Germany, Hj. A Hj Member’s Belt Buckle, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Archive Under such difficult conditions(HJ Grtelschnalle fr Mitglieder). Constructed of nickel silver, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a HJ insignia, set within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE (BLOOD AND HONOUR), the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment prongs, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code 17, measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), with minor oxidation