Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Richard Sieper & Söhne Auction WHITBREAD R

WHITBREAD R

grooved with a wall hanger bar on the reverse

this fine Pour le Merite was awarded to Major Fritz Wulf - Battalion Commander

obverse centre applique depicting a hand painted tribal symbol of the Zähringers

numbered "1250" and dated on May 5

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Richard Sieper & Söhne Auction WHITBREAD R(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, the latter maker marked R. SIEPER & SHNE, LDENSCHEID, with a manufacture date of 1940, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), with loss of finish