Germany, Drk. A German Red Cross Official’s Belt Buckle, By Overhoff & Cie GTRexclude Rear Admiral William Wesley Ayres

Rear Admiral William Wesley Ayres

he married Mabel Ethelwyn Parmelee

nickel-plated hilt fittings with most of the plating remaining intact

the Minesweeper War Badge consists of a silvered

Born in 1902 into a Lutheran Protestant family

Germany, Drk. A German Red Cross Official’s Belt Buckle, By Overhoff & Cie GTRexclude Rear Admiral William Wesley Ayres(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a raised German Red Cross (DRK) style German national eagle, overlaid by a mobile swastika and clutching a Geneva Cross, set within an oval laurel wreath on a pebbled background, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, maker marked with the logo of Overhoff & Cie, Ldenscheid, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.