A Third Reich Free State Of Hesse Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction Archive Aquired directly from the soldiers

Aquired directly from the soldiers Family living in Canada

while the reverse displays the buckram backing

the leather remaining relatively supple given its age

three drilled holes in the bottom for wall mounting

center appliqu in Gold

A Third Reich Free State Of Hesse Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction Archive Aquired directly from the soldiers(Freistaat Hessen): In silver bronze, unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 5 mm, lightly worn, extremely fine. 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 buckles were obtained from the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present a core of Angolias book Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich,