An Ss Em/Nco's Belt Buckle By Overhoff & Cie. Lüdenscheid Auction with affixed silvered diamond shaped

with affixed silvered diamond shaped insignia

There are two vertical threads sewn in place above the left breast pocket where an award once resided but has been lost to time

1889 in Gimli

although I did not actually see it in flames

1896 in London

An Ss Em/Nco's Belt Buckle By Overhoff & Cie. Lüdenscheid Auction with affixed silvered diamond shapedBuckle in aluminum, it retains over 50% percent of the original silver paint and has moderate wear; many of these aluminum alloy buckles have the paint worn off exposing the aluminum, but this one has much of the original silver paint present a crisp die strike and a textbook example this buckle; this buckle was made in 1939 by the company Overhoff & Cie. Ldenscheid.