Germany, Heer. A Tropical Belt and Buckle for Enlisted Ranks Auction centre enameled with single small

centre enameled with single small flake

Second Half of Nineteenth Century

original five-sided ribbon suspension

including a partially-legible maker’s mark of “WILH

(c) Ribbon with five Stars for a Ribbon Bar

Germany, Heer. A Tropical Belt and Buckle for Enlisted Ranks Auction centre enameled with single small(Heer Tropenfeldbinde fr Mannschaften). A Heer tropical belt and buckle for Enlisted ranks, the former constructed of webbed olive drab canvas, one end stitched into a loop and retaining a magnetic metal clip, the opposite end retaining a reverse brown leather tongue perforated with seven sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, bearing illegible black ink marks at each end, measuring 4 cm (w) x 92 cm (l), demonstrating only minor in extremely fine