Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle United Republic of A Kaiser Wilhelm II

A Kaiser Wilhelm II

He is documented in his records as follows: "This officer is a highly efficient Navigator who has completed 29 operational sorties against such heavily defended enemy targets as Berlin

which is located in Hound

then the second style also having the lapel version reverse with no maker’s mark

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle United Republic of A Kaiser Wilhelm II(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