Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Rare Wasserschutzpolizei Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity circumscribed by an inscription of

circumscribed by an inscription of “NORDHAUSEN DIE TAUSENDJÄHRIGE STADT AM HARZ” (“NORDHAUSEN THE THOUSAND-YEAR CITY IN THE HARZ”)

Lamond Fils insignia on the reverse

J & Co” (Sohni Heubach & Co) on reverse

overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

A few weeks later

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Rare Wasserschutzpolizei Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity circumscribed by an inscription of(Wasserschutzpolizei Grtelschnalle). Constructed of gilded aluminum, the obverse bearing a central raised mobile swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) in Fraktur script and oak leaf branches, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, the latter retaining a period original brown leather strap maker marked F. W. ASSMANN & SHNE, LDENSCHEID, above a manufacture date of 1938, the buckle unmarked and