Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Richard Sieper & Söhne GTRexclude 41 mm x 108 mm

41 mm x 108 mm each

two missing pins on reverse

In 9K gold

when they returned to Arlington Heights

impossible to describe the stillness and the quietness in the Antarctic

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Richard Sieper & Söhne GTRexclude 41 mm x 108 mm(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 maker marked R. SIEPER & SHNE, LDENSCHEID, with a manufacture date of 1940, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), with loss of finish