Germany, Heer. An EM/NCO’s Tropical Belt and Buckle, by Gustav Brehmer Hold 5cm (w) x 24cm (l)

5cm (w) x 24cm (l) x 1cm (h) and weighing 343 grams

Also included are 2 photographs of the ships on which Robinson served and encountered throughout his career in the Royal Navy such as HMS Mounsey and HMS Tyrian

with two rivets visible where the badge is attached to the star

The black wooden grip shows no fading from age

The dagger completes with a plated nickel-silver lower crossguard

Germany, Heer. An EM/NCO’s Tropical Belt and Buckle, by Gustav Brehmer Hold 5cm (w) x 24cm (l)(Heer Tropen Grtel mit Schnalle fr Mannschaften). A Heer EM NCOs tropical belt and buckle commonly worn throughout the Mediterranean and North African theatres, the former constructed of olive drab canvas webbing, one end stitched into a loop to retain a magnetic metal clip, the opposite end stitched with a hidden canvas tongue perforated with an array of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, with the end topped by an additional layer of dark grey