Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction second and third line trenches

second and third line trenches

very scarce and impressive award

the facing-up tips of these straps with a small pentagon-shaped metal tab affixed via a single rivet and adjoining a fixed leather slider

a Manchester Regiment Cap Badge (two-piece construction

signed in ink by Croatian General Begic

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction second and third line trenches(Luftwaffe Grtelschnalle). Constructed of grey painted magnetic metal, the obverse bearing a raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika on a pebbled background, set within an oval laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws connecting to a period original brown leather strap, the latter maker marked F. W. ASSMANN & SHNE, LDENSCHEID, measuring 65 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.