Germany, Luftwaffe. A Standard Service Belt Buckle certificate_of_authenticity stiff-framed epaulettes with burlap supports

stiff-framed epaulettes with burlap supports forming the undersides

then sent to overseas for service in the European theatre in June 1944

his age was finally revealed as 55

posters urged people to donate rather to give directly to beggars

HMS Oxley was the target

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Standard Service Belt Buckle certificate_of_authenticity stiff-framed epaulettes with burlap supports(Luftwaffe Koppelschloss). Constructed of stamped pebbled zink; the obverse with a raised pebbled field depicting a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounded by a laurel wreath with berries, tied together at the base of the buckle, the reverse plain, with a stamped catch, and a double prong spring bar; measuring 61 mm (w) x 48 mm (h); 42. 9 grams; in overall very fine condition.