Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Auction retains nearly 98% gilded finish

retains nearly 98% gilded finish

five days shy of his twenty-first birthday

so they couldn’t get their fighters off to be a problem with our bombers

As for Yixuan

an Artillery Officer Academy badge

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Auction retains nearly 98% gilded finish(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 bearing an illegible makers mark and a date of 1940, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), with some oxidation and loss of finish