Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Berg & Nolte Newly Listed A Croatian Fireman’s Long Service

A Croatian Fireman’s Long Service Award - late 1930’s issue

rank at that time

measuring 48 mm (w) x 102 mm (l)

functional but slightly stiff closure

contains numerous stamps indicating several trips to France and a trip to Cuba via New York in 1923

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Berg & Nolte Newly Listed A Croatian Fireman’s Long Service(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, both the buckle and strap maker marked with the logo of Berg & Nolte, Ldenscheid, with the strap also bearing a manufacture date of 1941,