Germany, DRK. A Red Cross Belt Buckle for Enlisted Personnel, Second Pattern Republic of GURSCHNER WIEN VII/2" on the

GURSCHNER WIEN VII/2" on the reverse

(Luftwaffe Gürtel mit Schnalle)

and small groups of Red Army troops managed to escape the cauldron days after the German pincers met east of the city

Footnote: Number B17990 is stamped in small numbers indicating a late war manufacturing date

and moderate oxidation and loss of paint to the scabbard

Germany, DRK. A Red Cross Belt Buckle for Enlisted Personnel, Second Pattern Republic of GURSCHNER WIEN VII/2" on the(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of pebbled aluminum, the obverse bearing a central raised DRK style German national eagle clutching a Geneva Cross and overlaid by a mobile swastika, situated within an oval laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a loop and attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, maker marked with the logo of Overhoff & Cie, Ldenscheid, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in extremely fine