US$ 86.25
hand embroidered
In die stamped metal
belt is backed by leather/fabric combination and is approximately 48mm tall
228 mm x 305 mm)
documented as "An unsuccessful sortie owing to failure of intercommunication
An Upper Silesia (Ober-Schlesien) Fire Defence (Feuerwehr) Officer's Belt Buckle GTRexclude hand embroideredIn silver nickel, unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 5 mm, worn, very fine. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades from 1944 until around 1990; most of the buckles were obtained from the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present a core of Angolias book Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, published in 2001.