Prussia. An Imperial Prussian Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, C.1915 Auction Archive Part II - Equitation (Training

Part II - Equitation (Training the Soldier Mounted - Riding and Horse Management

exhibiting crazing to the black leather of the narrow horizontal strip around the entire circumference of the shako

Likely of European manufacture

the named area of the document illustrating the War Merit Cross backed by crossed rifles and flags above

35 mm x 76 mm

Prussia. An Imperial Prussian Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, C.1915 Auction Archive Part II - Equitation (TrainingA fine example of a first war period Imperial EM NCOs belt buckle; constructed of metal (magnetic) with a silver aluminum finish; the obverse with a raised field depicting the Royal crown, surrounded by a series of two circular ropes with Gott mit Uns (God with us) inscribed in raised lettering on the top half of the circle, and two laurel stems tied together on the bottom half; the reverse with a soldered on catch, complete with its dual prong cross