Germany, Nsdap. A Jugend Belt Buckle, C.1935 Newly Listed George Ormsby Pearce of Johannesburg

George Ormsby Pearce of Johannesburg

awarded annually for postgraduate study of colonial American history

and is maker marked “NS62” below the left chin strap buckle (“NS” for Vereinigte Deutsche Nickelwerke

Footnote: The Order of Franz Joseph was instituted in 1849 and awarded for military and civil merit

consisting of a German national eagle with open wings clutching a mobile wreathed swastika

Germany, Nsdap. A Jugend Belt Buckle, C.1935 Newly Listed George Ormsby Pearce of JohannesburgA rectangular belt buckle constructed of bronze, the obverse centre bears a raised silvered plate, the centre bears am eagle with outstretched wings clutching a wreathed swastika in its talons on a plain background, encompassed by a ribbed border with a half laurel wreath at the bottom, the reverse is marked LF and bears slot in the shape of a semicircle and a bar with two attachment prongs, measuring 54. 07 mm (w) x 37. 84 mm (h), very fine.