A Third Reich Upper Silesia (Ober-Schlesien) Fire Defence Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example Auction and pin pack

and pin pack

until the attack of January 1917

Accompanied by a copy of his Particulars of Recruit Drafted Under Military Service Act 1917 Paper

and French Croix de Guerre (bronze

with two Canadian made poppies on interior lid

A Third Reich Upper Silesia (Ober-Schlesien) Fire Defence Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example Auction and pin packIn fire gilt bronze, with majority of gilt worn, unmarked, measuring 48. 7 mm, very fine. This particular buckle is illustrated on page 431 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, Revised Edition" by John R. Angolia and came from his personal collection. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades from 1944 until around 1990; most of the