Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, With Allied Veteran’s Commemorative Inscription Buy Now overlaid by a gilt swooping

overlaid by a gilt swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Only a master of the subject could encompass those crowded years of history in such a vital narrative

two rank pips in aluminum

maker marked “Carl Poellarth

many of which depict him with Ante Pavelić

Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, With Allied Veteran’s Commemorative Inscription Buy Now overlaid by a gilt swooping(Heer Grtelschnalle). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised crown, set within a ribbed ring bearing a raised inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) and laurel branches, the four corners bearing a finely detailed etched inscription of WORLD WAR 1914 1918, presumably added by an Allied veteran to a buckle claimed as a war souvenir, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, unmarked, measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), a